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Angela Rayner has dismissed the furore over her raving in Ibiza after she confronted a backlash.

The Deputy Prime Minister confronted criticism final week when a video emerged of her dancing throughout an evening out on the Spanish occasion island.

Asked in regards to the response, Ms Rayner insisted that she took her job “really seriously” however that it was additionally vital to have “downtime”.

She advised Sky News: “I was on holiday for a couple of days, I mean you can criticise my dancing, it is subjective.

“I take my job actually severely and what I do and I’m at all times in Parliament and I’m at all times doing what must be performed and I’ll proceed to try this.

“But I also believe as a former trade unionist that … you’ve got to have downtime as well. Everybody has to have downtime.

“But I do take my job actually severely and like to speak about what I’m doing to assist different individuals.”

The Labour politician added: “Yes I’m working-class, I like a dance, I like dance music.

“I got criticised for going to the opera if you remember. I was a champagne socialist for going to the theatre.”

Asked whether or not it was tougher for girls to be in politics, she stated: “I think we get judged very much.”

Ms Rayner was criticised by some when actress Denise van Outen shared the video on Instagram of her partying in Ibiza throughout Parliament’s summer season recess.

But the Housing Secretary was additionally defended by politicians from throughout the political spectrum, together with Michael Gove.

Mr Gove, who held the housing transient within the Tory authorities and was beforehand filmed raving in an Aberdeen nightclub, wrote on X: “It’s a tradition for secretaries of state in the department.”