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Trade minister Douglas Alexander has indicated that he trusted Angela Rayner and said she was in politics “for the right reasons”.
Asked whether he trusted the deputy prime minister, Alexander told Times Radio:
Listen, I really want to live in a country in which someone with Angela Rayner’s circumstances and background can rise to one of the highest offices in the country.
