Labour's Angela Rayner and her mum opens up about 'traumatic' and challenging childhood | ITV News

Angela Rayner and her mother have opened up about her mum’s "traumatic" battle with depression - a challenge that dominated much of the Labour deputy leadership candidate's childhood.
In an exclusive chat with ITV News Political Correspondent Paul Brand, Ms Rayner and her mum Lynn Bowen appeared on camera for the first time in a revealing interview.
While she was growing up, her mother was in a battle with severe depression, suicidal thoughts and caught in a revolving door of poverty, struggling to feed her kids.
Rather than being a daughter, Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner was forced to act as her mother's permanent carer.
"I was in a very dark place, she used to bath me, look after me, feed me," Ms Bowen said of her daughter.
"If it wasn’t for her I don’t think I’d be here today," she added.
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