Mel Stride welcomed Rayner to PMQs ‘for the second week running’, adding that many behind her ‘wish this was a permanent arrangement’

Angela Rayner is standing in for Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions as the Government scrambles to defuse an unprecedented Labour rebellion over proposed benefit cuts.

Mel Stride welcomed Rayner to PMQs ‘for the second week running’, adding that many behind her ‘wish this was a permanent arrangement’