Rayner, who holds office as deputy leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, was credited as being critical in winning over welfare rebels earlier this week, prompting calls for No 10 to give her formal role as a bridge between Downing Street and the parliamentary party.
But Rayner was praised by Cabinet colleagues and MPs alike over her ability to calm backbench jitters over the welfare bill and act as a go-between during fraught negotiations between No10 and rebel MPs, before it was put to a vote on Tuesday.
‘She got why it was such a big issue’
“She got why it was such a big issue for many in the PLP (parliamentary Labour party), she was key in getting it over the line.”
A Cabinet colleague of Rayner’s said her role in reaching out to the rebels highlighted how “critical she is to the Government”.
Angela Rayner with John Prescott during the 2017 general election campaign. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)It stands in contrast to Reeves’s handling of the rebellion, coming amid reports that she became embroiled in a row with one of the rebel MPs, since denied by the Treasury. Another MP said that the welfare fiasco had “undoubtedly affected Reeves’s authority” but insisted that she would stay in the job and that she was the right person for the role.
Rayner expanding her power base
The new department will boast 30 members of staff and have its own logo and email address in a further sign of Rayner’s growing influence within the Government.
The i Paper understands that while Rayner’s team accept the similarities between her and Prescott, particularly given their backgrounds in the union movement, the claim that she is “Prescott in a skirt” do not give Rayner’s skillset sufficient justice.
Angela Rayner and Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, arriving at Anfield to leave a floral tribute in memory of footballer Diogo Jota who has died at the age of 28. Peter Byrne/PA Wire.Such deftness of touch was illustrated on Thursday when the Deputy Prime Minister chose to attend Anfield to lay a bouquet of flowers following the death of Liverpool FC striker Diogo Jota.
“You know, I’m absolutely devastated for his wife and his children and his family. I can’t imagine what they’re going through at the moment. My son’s 28 and it just, it’s really shocking.”
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