Angela Rayner

I first learned the power of a Labour government to transform lives growing up in my hometown of Stockport. ”

We can't have children growing up feeling unloved - the price is too high for that. ”

Growing up without love, without being cared for, might be the worst type of poverty. ”

My mother suffers mental health problems and has a learning deprivation. ”

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. ”

Our admissions system should be a vehicle for justice, but it is failing working-class students, especially those who are the first in their family to go to university. ”

I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime, fear of discrimination, physical and verbal abuse, domestic violence and homelessness. ”

I was pregnant when I left school, so I needed income support. I didn't even have functional skills, not even GSCEs in English and Maths, so I needed to go back to college. ”

During the 2010 election campaign, Liberal Democrat candidates, including Swinson, signed the National Union of Students pledge to vote against tuition fees. Looking back, students were among the first to see the reality of the Liberal Democrats in government. ”

In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government. ”