Angela Rayner makes Tory shadow Chancellor look silly at Deputy PMQs

In this fiery Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions session, Angela Rayner goes head-to-head with Conservative Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride, delivering a scathing rebuttal to Tory attempts to undermine the Labour government’s economic plans.

Stride presses Rayner hard on two fronts: the government’s proposed reforms to Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and speculation around future tax rises Labour may introduce to meet its fiscal targets. But Rayner remains unshaken, repeatedly turning the spotlight back on the Conservative Party’s 14 years of economic failure, austerity, and rising inequality.

As Stride attempts to portray Labour as economically reckless and out of touch with working people, Rayner hits back with examples of crippling cuts, stagnant wages, and the collapse of public services under successive Tory governments. She accuses the Conservatives of having no credibility left on welfare or taxation, given the state they’ve left the country in — from underfunded councils to overstretched NHS trusts.

The exchange grows increasingly heated as Rayner forcefully defends Labour’s approach to welfare reform — promising compassionate, evidence-led changes, while rejecting fearmongering and divisive rhetoric. She positions Labour as the party cleaning up a mess it didn’t make, and makes it clear that those most in need will not be punished to balance the books.

This is a must-watch clash between two competing visions for the UK’s economic future — and a defining moment in the early battles of the new Parliament.

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