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Angela Rayner
MP for Ashton-under-Lyne
Labour
Before Politics
Qualifications and career before entering Parliament, so you can weigh an MP’s relevant background.
Education
Stockport Academy
Roles
Care worker
Worked as a care worker after leaving school at sixteen.
Trade union representative
Unison
Came up through the trade union Unison.
Reports mentioning this MP
- New Help to Buy Scheme Has No Published Cost24 October 2026
A new equity loan scheme for first time buyers has no published cost, interest terms or caps ahead of the Budget.
- Supported Housing Licensing Pushed Into 2027, Three Years On22 October 2026
Three years after Parliament passed the law, MHCLG’s own draft rules push supported housing licensing into 2027, with the start date blank.
- Asylum Sites Advance Without a Performance Regime in Place21 July 2026
Two large asylum sites are moving through planning, but the Home Office still has no performance regime for large sites.
- Ten Westminster Scandals. Three Ended in a Rule Breach8 June 2026
Of ten Westminster controversies, three produced an established rule breach. The rest were open investigations, party discipline, a foreign prosecution or politics.