19-01-2017 08:10 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Angela Rayner Talks The Reality Of Poverty, Tories Misunderstanding Her And How Tony Blair Changed Her Life

Labour MP Angela Rayner has launched a staunch defence of Tony Blair as she warned her party that “ideology never put food on my table”.
In an exclusive interview with Huff Post UK, the Shadow Education Secretary spoke candidly about how her life as a teenage mum became much better after Labour took to power in 1997.
Rayner, who gave birth to the first of her three children when she was 16 years old, also issued a heartfelt thank you to UK taxpayers for funding the welfare system tha
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