Angela Rayner
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524 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 11 May
Angela Rayner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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People should be able to know if they're going to get guaranteed hours because you can't get a mortgage.
You can't have security about whether you're going to raise a family if you're on a zero hour contract or if your pay is meaning you're having to visit a food bank.
even though you're working.
And that is the reality for people at the moment.
Young people in particular are starting out in jobs and the money that they're earning is not enough for them even to pay the basics.
And that is the real challenge for us at the moment.
It's that point I made before around wages not keeping up with the cost.
And there's two things you need to do.
Of course, you need to create the environment for business.
That's why I say about infrastructure and some of the other changes that we could make.
But also you've got to do the long term investment in housing and et cetera, because that's how you bring down the supply problem, because we have a supply problem in this country.
And I think this is also choking off the economy as well because it's a vicious circle.
If people haven't got money to spend or people don't have job security, then that's going to impact on the everyday economy because people are going to say, actually, it's unpredictable.
Not sure.
I'm not going to stretch myself to buy that.
I'm not going to stretch myself to have a child because I don't know if I'm going to be able to afford the child.
So it really has a choking effect.
So therefore, giving the confidence and creating the environment
where people can feel, I just get really upset about, you know, people in work having to get handouts or having to go to food banks or because it takes away, strips away your dignity.
And that psychology of that, like I was so proud of myself when I was able to provide a home for my son.
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