With Labour's annual conference starting this weekend, here's what you need to know about the party's deputy leader - from her early life and career in politics to the abuse and controversy she has faced.
Angela Rayner is set to become the UK's deputy prime minister if Labour wins the next general election. Early life and career Born in Stockport in 1980, Ms Rayner was brought up on a council estate. She left school at 16 with no qualifications and pregnant with her first son. She says she was told she would 'never amount to anything'.
Read more:Rayner puts boot into Labour's criticsAngela Rayner makes 'cast iron commitment' on workers' rights 'Principles would not have fed me' Ms Rayner is known for being on the left of the Labour Party and has described herself as a socialist 'but not a Corbynite'. But she has also defended compromises she has made with colleagues in the shadow cabinet, saying she will not let her principles 'block' her party from getting elected.
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