The failed status quo and the OBR are holding us back from investing in ways that will transform the UK for the better. I can address that from the backbenches
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Louise Haigh is Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley
The events of the past week have been heart-wrenching for the labour movement. Angela Rayner is not just a friend, she is a trailblazer: proof that whatever your start in life, you can rise to the very top through hard work, grit and a government that is willing to fight on the side of working people. She has been an inspiration to so many and a true force of nature. Our party and our government will be poorer without her around the cabinet table.
I am deeply grateful for the encouragement I have received from party members, colleagues and friends in recent days about the deputy leadership. To be considered a possible successor to Rayner is truly humbling.
Louise Haigh is Labour MP for Sheffield Heeley
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