Angela Rayner on her return to the top table: 'It’s good to give people a second chance'

The Housing Secretary joins Nick for the first episode of a new series of Political Thinking.

Angela Rayner talks about the change of character, personality and politics in Downing Street under new leadership.

She opens up about how it felt to "lose the confidence of the people" after being accused of not paying the tax she owed.

And she defends her decision to halt a huge local government reorganisation that had been started by her predecessor.

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