Angela Rayner

Instead of helping a lucky few to escape disadvantage, a Labour government will aim to abolish poverty completely and create a more equal society, raising the living standards and well-being of all. ”

In the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats built their campaign around a pledge to abolish tuition fees. By the end of that year, however, they had tripled them instead. The Liberal Democrats had made young people feel as if they were on their side. They were not. ”

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

My job is making sure that every child gets a good school place. If there is a particular disadvantage to a community, you invest more. Because that's the Labour way. ”

I do my best to be true to who I am. ”

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

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

I never got hugged as child. ”

Many parents know that hugging your children - telling them how amazing they are - is so important. Some parents, through no fault of their own, don't realise this. My mum was one of those who didn't realise, and I almost was too. ”

Child poverty is more than an abstract problem to me. It's something I know all too much about. ”