Angela Rayner can’t let the unions down now

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🗓️ 14 September 2023

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Summary

The deputy labour leader and “trade union favourite” delivered a speech full of promises at the TUC. Now she has to deliver.

Reaffirming Labour’s commitment to the New Deal for Working people, Rayner shored up support among the unions as Labour approaches the next election.

But, as Rachel Wearmouth tells Anoosh Chakelian and Freddie Hayward, Rayner’s “one of us” status could spell problems for a future Labour government if they fall short.

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0:00.0	We were so close. We could be like that again.
0:04.0	I wish we could be close, but we can't.
0:07.0	You got engaged for someone you just met.
0:11.0	Why is everyone so shun up on that?
0:13.0	Catch, Disney's frozen the musical.
0:16.0	I'm just trying to protect you.
0:18.0	You have no idea what your sister's capable of.
0:21.0	Your life is in danger.
0:23.0	There is ice in your heart.
0:25.0	At the theatre royal drury lane.
0:28.0	Book your tickets now.
0:34.0	The New Statesman.
0:39.0	Hi, I'm Anouche.
0:40.0	I'm Rachel.
0:41.0	And I'm Freddie.
0:42.0	And this is the New Statesman's Politics Podcast.
0:45.0	In this episode, we'll be discussing the Trade Union Congress's annual conference
0:49.0	and Angel Rainer's big promises on a new deal for workers.
0:53.0	Has the new shadow-leveling up-secretary over-promised and could this backfire?
1:03.0	Hello, I'm Anouche Shekelian, Britain Editor of the New Statesman
1:05.0	and host of this podcast.
1:07.0	Joining me in the studio, I have Rachel Wyrmouth, Deputy Political Editor
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