Show Notes
In this first episode of Sense Check with Nicola Thorp; Angela Rayner insists she never consider walking away from frontline politics when she was forced to resign from the heart of government over her tax affairs.
Opening up about the painful episode in her career, the Labour heavyweight said her previous experience of hardship had given her a sense of perspective on life at Westminster.
Ms Rayner - who returned to Cabinet in Andy Burnham's new administration in July - said the "rollercoaster of hell" experience with the traumatic premature birth of her second son at just 23 weeks had given her an "anchor". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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