An emotional Angela Rayner told attendees at the Labour party conference that she gets “choked up” at the support she has received. Speaking at a fringe event after her speech, Ms Rayner said she gets “a bit choked up and emotional” about how far she has come to be deputy prime minister.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner will pledge decent homes for all in a speech that puts the dismal state of housing front and centre of the Labour party conference. Opening the conference in Liverpool on Sunday,