Angela Rayner: “The rise of vape shops, betting shops and rogue operators have replaced the shops, services, and community spaces that…”

It is not cool, it is not a good habit, and I despise the fact I have to say on your show that I’m addicted to nicotine as I started as a kid.

The answer is devolution: real devolution, not the begging-bowl culture of the past, where regional politicians came to Whitehall with their caps in hand, asking permission to run their own bus routes.

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

Pubs are part of who we are as a nation. They’re where we celebrate, grieve, argue and belong, the beating heart of so many of our communities, and it’s an outrage that weak protections have allowed too many of them to slip away without a…