She said she has commissioned a "rapid assessment of how we can offer immediate support".
In her conference speech, Rayner drew on her personal background as a single teenage mother to set out what she wanted to do in government."It was the foundation of a decent home, secure work and a strong community that nurtured me," she told party delegates, as she reiterated her commitment to new legislation on workers' rights.
She said the Employment Rights Bill, to be introduced in Parliament next month, would be a piece of "historic legislation".The bill would offer "a genuine living wage and sick pay for the lowest earners" and ban "exploitative zero hour contracts and unpaid internships", she said."This is our Plan to Make Work Pay - coming to a workplace near you."
On housing, she pledged to "clamp down on damp and mouldy homes" by implementing Awaab's law and extending it to cover the private rented sector as well as social housing.The law, named after the toddler
in his home, was passed under the previous Conservative government and compels social housing landlords to carry out certain repairs in a specific timescale.
As part of its bid to build more houses, the government is also planning to introduce planning passports, with the aim of speeding up developments in urban areas.The protest followed similar gatherings across England - some of them violent - following the killing of three young girls in Southport on Monday.
The demonstration in Aldershot descended into a "mob-type" protest, according to Hampshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) Donna Jones.Alex Baker, Labour MP for Aldershot, said the situation had been "exacerbated" by people from outside the community.
At around 18.45 BST, police said people started throwing objects and subjecting people to racial abuse.One police officer suffered a minor injury.