Wes Streeting used his conference speech to call for Angela Rayner to return to government. He said:
“And there’s someone else who’s made a real difference, too. She brought that experience to the cabinet table as a care worker, who became our country’s deputy prime minister. Angela Rayner, this achievement is yours. Thank you. And we want her back as well. We’ll definitely make sure she sees that. We need her back.”
Standing ovation…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”