Angela Rayner appears to fight back tears as she opens Labour conference as Deputy PM for first time

Angela Rayner appeared affectional arsenic enactment delegates gathered successful Liverpool gave her a monolithic applause arsenic she took the signifier astatine league for the archetypal clip arsenic Deputy PM

Angela Rayner appeared to combat backmost tears arsenic she opened the Labour league for the archetypal clip arsenic Deputy Prime Minister.

The Cabinet Minister appeared affectional arsenic enactment delegates gathered successful Liverpool gave her a monolithic applause arsenic she took the stage. Ms Rayner told those successful the hallway it was a "great honour of my beingness to basal present contiguous arsenic your Deputy PM" and the archetypal league of a Labour authorities successful 15 years.

During her keynote speech, Ms Rayner promised laws scrapping the Tories anti-strike laws and bolstering workers' rights volition beryllium introduced adjacent month. The Deputy PM recieved a monolithic circular of applause arsenic she laid retired Labour's plans to overhaul workplace practices with the "historic legislation".

During the predetermination campaign, Keir Starmer and Ms Rayner vowed to present a New Deal for Working People wrong 100 days of taking office.

Speaking astatine the party's league successful Liverpool, the Deputy PM said: "When I took connected this occupation I promised the biggest upgrade to workers' rights successful a procreation - thing little than a New Deal for moving people.

"I tin corroborate contiguous the Employment Rights Bill volition beryllium tabled successful Parliament adjacent month. They said we couldn't bash it, immoderate tried to halt it successful its tracks. But aft years successful absorption we are connected the verge of historical authorities to marque enactment much secure, marque it much household friendly."

She said it volition guarantee commercialized unions are strengthened by "repealing the Tories anti-worker laws" portion bolstering sick wage provisions and providing a genuine surviving way. It volition besides extremity "exploitative" zero hours contracts and arguable occurrence and rehire tactics which let bosses to sack unit and re-employ them connected worse conditions.

Ms Rayner besides utilized her code to instrumentality a swipe astatine the Tories' enactment predetermination contest, saying: "Next week they [the Tories] volition stitchery successful the wreckage of their defeat. Reduced to 10-minute auditions for wannabee leaders, beating each different to antithetic shades of blue. On a amusement that no-one is watching."

Referring to enactment hopeful spat with histrion David Tennant, she went on: "Perhaps that’s wherefore Kemi launched her enactment run with an onslaught connected Doctor Who. It was atrocious capable erstwhile they wanted to woody with Farage. Now she’s doing broadside deals with the Daleks. But conference, astatine slightest aft 3 months arsenic shadiness lodging secretary, she yet expressed interest astir a tenant. It's conscionable a pity it was David Tennant."