Angela Rayner erstwhile described herself arsenic 'John Prescott successful a skirt' and was presumptuously billed arsenic 'shadow lawman premier minister' erstwhile she precocious wrote a file successful a Labour-supporting newspaper.
But if she does go Labour's archetypal 'DPM' since Lord Prescott, volition she besides beryllium granted the perk of Dorneywood – the 18th-century location successful Buckinghamshire wherever Prescott infamously enjoyed a crippled of croquet erstwhile moving the state successful Tony Blair's absence?
One idiosyncratic apt to person a presumption is Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, fixed that usage of the location is traditionally talented by the premier curate to the chancellor.
Lord Prescott was granted usage of the location due to the fact that the past chancellor, Gordon Brown, felt uncomfortable with the state squire representation it conveyed.
Dorneywood – the 18th-century location successful Buckinghamshire where John Prescott infamously enjoyed a crippled of croquet erstwhile moving the state successful Tony Blair 's absence
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner pictured together
If Ms Reeves follows suit, oregon agrees to stock it, Ms Rayner would beryllium successful the enviable presumption of having 3 homes astatine her disposal, successful summation to the properties she has successful London and her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency.
The grace-and-favour authorities homes person been the taxable of undignified squabbles successful the past, with premier ministers often having to broker houseshare arrangements.
Prime ministers person automatic usage of 16th-century Chequers successful Buckinghamshire.
When Nick Clegg was lawman premier minister, during the Coalition Government, helium shared Chevening, a 115-room mansion successful Kent, with overseas caput William Hague.
Similarly, erstwhile Liz Truss was Boris Johnson's overseas secretary, she had to stock Chevening with her predecessor Dominic Raab, aft Mr Johnson offered him the location to soften the stroke of demoting him to justness secretary.
Angela Rayner pictured with person of the Labour enactment Sir Keir Starmer during their section elections campaign
As she has revealed successful her book, Ten Years To Save The West, which is being serialised successful the Daily Mail and The Mail connected Sunday, Ms Truss 'had a conflict to get my hands connected Chevening' due to the fact that Mr Raab had been offered sole usage of the property.
She wrote: 'Eventually, a compromise was reached: Raab and I would person entree to Chevening connected a timeshare basis.
'It was similar an exalted pupil flat-share. I'd get for the play and find macromolecule shakes labelled 'Raab' successful the fridge.'
The concern was adjacent much analyzable erstwhile Theresa May was nonmigratory successful Downing Street. Mr Johnson, past overseas secretary, Brexit caput David Davis and planetary commercialized caput Liam Fox each had to stock the manor house.
When Geoffrey Howe was removed arsenic overseas caput by Margaret Thatcher successful 1989, his bitterness astatine leaving Chevening is said to person contributed to the devastating resignation connection helium gave successful the Commons a twelvemonth later, which acceptable events successful question towards the extremity of Thatcher's premiership.
Dorneywood has traditionally been astatine the disposal of the chancellor since it was talented to the National Trust successful 1947.
Lord Prescott, 85, gave up usage of the location aft the MoS published the croquet pictures. It was utilized by Alistair Darling aft Mr Brown became premier curate successful 2007.
A Labour spokesperson declined to remark past night.
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