Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Sure Start transformed my life as a mum and allowed me to get back to work.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

My brother and sister are smarter than me. But I'm the most successful because I've been given opportunities that they never had.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

If the Tories are serious about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn, regardless of their background, then the only thing they need to review is Labour's manifesto.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Any success I have had is thanks to Labour governments that provided the council house, minimum wage, tax credits and Sure Start children's centre that enabled me to achieve it.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I don't want to stick a sticking plaster on it, I don't want to fix children once the system's broken them, I want to give every child the opportunity before that - because the system should protect and nurture, and not damage our children.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Supporting any team has its ups and downs. But being part of a united team on the brink of victory, is the only way we're going to change the country for the better.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I've seen at first-hand what Labour Governments can achieve in power.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I wanted to prove I wasn't that person everyone wanted to stereotype me. You can slag me off, I talk about my upbringing now and try and do it in a way that inspires others, but I never felt good about it.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Every one called me scruffy, a scratter, that's what they used to call me. I was known as that. Scratter was the nickname.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

My mum didn't understand that education was an important thing. She couldn't do my homework with me. I was helping her read stuff. She once brought shaving soap thinking it was whipped cream.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Mum grew up in Wythenshawe, one of 12. My mum didn't really go to school and didn't see the need for education, she got bullied so she excluded herself.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Give children healthy food and they behave better at school, concentrate more in class and perform better in exams.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Underestimating grades has serious consequences for a student's choice of university, and their future.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Politics is a lot like football. Both involve people working in a team. One week you can be top of the league, the next week, you might slip a place. But I've never for one minute wanted to give up my devotion for my team.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I was born on a council estate with a mum who, despite doing everything she could for me, couldn't help me learn to read and write because she had never been taught herself. As the jargon would have it now, I was not 'school ready.'

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Every child has potential. Every child can succeed. No child should be left out or left behind.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

Building a country that worked for everyone was supposed to be about supporting ordinary working class families, which is exactly what Labour's plan to bring back the maintenance grant would do.

Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner

I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something.