Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists

Deputy PM also says people will have a better life' within five years in interview with the Guardian

• Angela Rayner: I get criticised for going on holiday. Am I not allowed to do that?'

Keir Starmer's popularity ratings will bounce back, the deputy prime minister has insisted, saying the government would deliver material improvements to people's lives over the next five years.

Angela Rayner said the prime minister had been underestimated before but predicted he would become more popular as the impact of the changes Labour was introducing began to be felt.