ANGELA RAYNER, Labour’s deputy leader was reported to have called Tory ministers “a bunch of scum” at a Labour conference event.
She added that when Boris Johnson retracts past comments she described as “homophobic, racist and misogynistic,” she will apologise – here’s what we know about her.
Who is Angela Rayner’s husband Mark?
Mark is a Unison official who lives in Ashton-under-Lyne with wife Angela and their children.
Angela told The Guardian he brought stability to her hectic life.
To support her career, Mark has stepped back from his job, and does a good deal of the childcare.
When did they get married?
Angela, whose maiden name had been Bowen, married her husband Mark in 2010.
Mark became stepfather to Angela’s first child, Ryan, who she had at the age of 16.
Do they have any children?
The pair have two children together.
Their firstborn Charlie was born at 23 weeks and is registered blind.
She told The Sunday Times magazine that her 1lb son “looked like a baby sparrow”.
The couple went on to have a second son, Jimmy.
Mark is stepdad to Angela’s firstborn, Ryan, who she had at the age of 16 and once said that she “felt she was worthless”.
Angela responded to Boris Johnson‘s “ill-raised” comments of single mothers, saying: “I think it’s absolutely disgusting. I remember people like that making those comments about me.
“I might be the shadow education secretary, but inside I’m that 16-year-old that didn’t think I was worth anything.
“And people like him make women who are already vulnerable feel that they’re the problem. They’re not the problem.”
Angela became a grandma at the age of 37, and called herself “Grangela”.
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