Angela Rayner

We need radical, transformative solutions to address the inequality that is blighting millions of people's lives.

— Angela Rayner

My mum didn't understand that education was an important thing. She couldn't do my homework with me. I was helping her read…

— Angela Rayner

Mum grew up in Wythenshawe, one of 12. My mum didn't really go to school and didn't see the need for education,…

— Angela Rayner

I've met many lesbian, gay and trans activists who've told me what they face, sometimes even within the school gates: hate crime,…

— Angela Rayner

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

— Angela Rayner

My job is making sure that every child gets a good school place. If there is a particular disadvantage to a community,…

— Angela Rayner

School, for me, was not a place where you went to be educated, but a place where you got away from your…

— Angela Rayner

The privileged have become more wealthy, while people from disadvantaged backgrounds have had their opportunities to get on and move up closed…

— Angela Rayner

The graduate earnings premium, used by the Tories to justify many of their regressive higher education policies, is fast becoming a myth.

— Angela Rayner

Our admissions system should be a vehicle for justice, but it is failing working-class students, especially those who are the first in…

— Angela Rayner

There was a council house waiting for me when I had Ryan, there was a welfare state. I never put into the…

— Angela Rayner

People are still programmed to think that if your child doesn't get straight As, get A-levels and go to a Russell Group…

— Angela Rayner

The British people overwhelmingly favour big businesses and the wealthiest individuals contributing their fair share so we can invest in our schools,…

— Angela Rayner

If the Tories are serious about ensuring everyone has the opportunity to learn, regardless of their background, then the only thing they…

— Angela Rayner

You never, ever give up the chance to change things, ever, no matter how hard it is. If you're elected, and have…

— Angela Rayner

Building a country that worked for everyone was supposed to be about supporting ordinary working class families, which is exactly what Labour's…

— Angela Rayner

Instead of helping a lucky few to escape disadvantage, a Labour government will aim to abolish poverty completely and create a more…

— Angela Rayner

Some of the Tories say, 'She left school at 16, she doesn't have a university degree, what does she know about education?'…

— Angela Rayner

The way I want to try and end private schools is by making our national education service so good you wouldn't want…

— Angela Rayner

As a young single mum struggling to get by, I didn't get to go to university, but that level of debt would…

— Angela Rayner