Angela Rayner’s short tenure as Communities Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister has been underwhelming. We have seen slow movement on housing reform, a lacklustre response to last summer’s riots, and a rejection of the widely accepted APPG definition of Islamophobia replaced instead with a confusing and drawn-out MHCLG-led consultation.
For the Muslim Council of Britain, this is especially disappointing. As Deputy Leader of the Opposition in 2022, Angela Rayner was happy to meet us. Yet, as Deputy Prime Minister in 2025, she chose to parrot the same non-substantive non-engagement lines used by the Conservatives against the MCB throwing Britain’s largest Muslim umbrella body under the bus.
It is little wonder that trust in politicians remains so low across all communities.
September 5, 2025
in General News, Press Releases