Angela Rayner
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Angela Rayner MP is the Member or Parliament for Ashton under Lyne and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. She sat down with Rachel and Alice to relive her childhood on a council estate in Stockport where she began caring for her mother at the age of 10 as she couldn't read or write and suffered from Bipolar disorder, became pregnant at 15 and left school a year later at 16 without any qualifications.   Get The Times free for a month: thetimes.co.uk/pastimperfect Bipolar UK: www.bipolaruk.org Young Mums Support Network: www.ymsn.co.uk The Honeypot Children's Charity: www.honeypot.org.uk This podcast has been produced in association with Speakers for Schools: www.speakersforschools.org Producer: Ben Mitchell   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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