Angela Rayner: “We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people.”

I’m a straight-talking person, 1.5 million homes is a difficult target… but I’m going to keep it, I’m not going to be defeated.

I don’t think that Nigel can shrug this scandal off and hope that it goes away. I think this one's got lots of legs and it's gonna carry on running.

While it's welcome that more households are being helped into a home and fewer families are living in bed and breakfast accommodation, these figures show there is still a long way to go, with record numbers stuck in temporary accommodation.

People have underestimated me all my life. If you tell me I cannot do something I will fight like hell to get it done.