Angela Rayner joins Labour deputy leadership race

The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she will run to be Labour’s deputy leader.

Other Labour MPs that have declared their intention to run include Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler and Khalid Mahmood.

Launching her deputy leadership bid in Stockport, Rayner said: "The quick fix of a new leader will not be enough. We must rethink and renew our purpose and how we convince the people to share it.

"Either we face up to these new times or we become irrelevant. The next five years will be the fight of our lives."

It is not yet known whether she will try to keep her education post if she becomes Labour's new deputy leader.

Both the new leader and deputy leader will be announced on 4 April.

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