Angela Rayner is one of the most powerful women at Westminster, the deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow secretary of state of the future of work and shadow first secretary, who has been elected three times to Parliament by her constituents in Ashton-under-Lyne. She has a reputation for being ballsy, confident and outspoken – a “fiery, ginger” northerner, as she likes to say. Earlier this year she saw off an attempt to demote her and ended up being promoted instead. With three children and a granddaughter who earned her the nickname “Grangela” among her followers on Twitter, she seems to have it all. There is even a cocktail named after her in the House of Commons Strangers’ Bar.
When we meet, she looks
