Angela Rayner accused Nigel Farage of falling at the feet of “sugar-daddies” during her speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Angela Rayner used her platform to snipe at her rival leader (Image: Labour Party)
Angela Rayner has accused Nigel Farage of falling at the feet of “sugar-daddies” in a bizarre attack on the Reform UK leader during her conference speech.
Speaking in Liverpool, she used her platform to confirm Labour’s new plans to seize empty, privately owned homes, and to snipe at her rival leader.
Having returned to the Cabinet months after she quit amid a tax scandal when she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seafront pad, Ms Rayner told attendees she was proud to “be Labour”.
Dubbed the “Red Queen” by Labour insiders, Ms Rayner is often viewed as a darling of the Left of the party and has often attacked rivals – branding Tories as “scum” – and now hounding Mr Farage.
She said that Reform has “fought us every step of the way” in Labour’s attempts to build more council houses across the country.
She added that Mr Farage’s outfit had “been exposed”, adding he was not “standing up to the vested interests, he’s falling at their feet.”
Ms Rayner went on to accuse the Clacton MP, saying: “Does anyone really think that Farage’s crypto-billionaire sugar daddies are handing millions because he’s standing up for the working people of Britain?”
A “sugar-daddy” is a slang term used to describe wealthy, and often older, men who provide money and gifts to a younger partner in return for romantic involvement.
He comment was a reference to the £72million in donations Mr Farage’s party received from two billionaires, shortly before Labour annouonced they would retrospectively change the law to make them illegal – whislt protecting their own union bankrollers.
She further used her lengthy speech to announce the abolishing of leasehold, which she initially promised to do before stepping down from Cabinet in her tax scandal.
The Housing Secretary had a rocky start to the Labour Conference after she kicked off the event by attacking the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, for seeking to reform immigration laws.
Ms Rayner, a supporter of mass migration, suggested that changes to the system would harm the care sector, which relies heavily on foreign workers.
When last serving as Housing Secretary she announced plans to build millions of new homes, a target she failed to meet within the target time.