She suggested her ‘ever-increasing workload’, including her position as deputy leader of Welsh Labour, was to blame. But Labour sources said she had been accused of gossiping about deputy leader Mrs Rayner, who split from her husband Mark last summer. Sir Keir was forced to give Mrs Rayner a new job at the top of the party as his reshuffle descended into farce at the weekend. She suggested her ‘ever-increasing workload’, including her position as deputy leader of Welsh Labour, was to blame. Mrs Rayner, 41, said last night Labour had at times ‘got the tone wrong’ and sounded ‘patronising’ to voters.

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2021 21:02 UTC