Angela Rayner’s contemporary salvo in opposition to No10 and the Treasury reportedly sparked by way of claims of an ‘anti-Northern bias’ amongst senior figures in Downing Street

The Deputy Prime Minister’s salvo in opposition to No 10 and the Treasury closing week was once sparked by way of her acute sensitivity to patronising Southern metropolitans, it’s been claimed.

Friends of Angela Rayner – who demanded soak-the-rich financial insurance policies – say she believes that there’s a misogynistic, anti-Northern streak in senior figures in Downing Street.

One best friend of Ms Rayner stated: ‘What is the link? They are Northern women. Angela’s demonstrating a display of power and cohesion. She is probably the most senior Northern girl within the Cabinet and feels protecting.’

Earlier this yr The Mail on Sunday reported that Ms Nandy faces the sack on the subsequent reshuffle as a result of Downing Street complained that she ‘doesn’t paintings onerous sufficient’. A supply stated: ‘Lisa seems to work about two days a week on her portfolio.’

Allies of Mancunian tradition secretary Lisa Nandy (pictured) claimed she were centered by way of No 10 chief-of-staff Morgan McSweeney as a result of she had develop into a Cabinet flag-bearer of the Left by way of objecting to the Government’s welfare cuts

No 10 is thinking about abolishing the Culture Department, bringing to an finish 33 years of it being a standalone division for humanities and cultural issues. 

But allies of Ms Nandy claimed she were centered by way of No 10 chief-of-staff Morgan McSweeney as a result of she had develop into a Cabinet flag-bearer of the Left by way of objecting to the Government’s welfare cuts.

Ms Phillipson is judged by way of Downing Street to have mishandled her temporary, attracting opposition to her proposed reforms to the academy gadget.

However, shifting two of the Cabinet’s maximum high-profile ladies would additionally gas considerations that the Government has a ‘women problem’.