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The graduate earnings premium, used by the Tories to justify many of their regressive higher education policies, is fast becoming a myth.
— Angela Rayner
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Angela Rayner
politician, trade unionist
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Angela Rayner is a British politician and trade unionist who has been Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne since 2015. She served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 2020 to 2025, and as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government from July 2024 until her resignation in September 2025. Ideologically she identifies as a socialist and as part of Labour's soft left.
All Quotes by Angela Rayner
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Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.
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In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.
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I think technical education and vocational skills and having a trade mean something.
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Half of those people who experience mental health difficulties do so before the age of 14. The problems begin early - so early interventions are essential.
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We need a sustainable system of student finance that promotes opportunity, encourages aspiration, increases social mobility and is governed by fairness. But all the Tories can offer is unsustainable, mounting debt, punishing students for wanting an education. And discouraging thousands of young people from climbing the ladder to a better life.
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Ideology never put food on my table.
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Free school meals for all children, no matter what their background, will improve the education and health of our children.
— Angela Rayner