Police to investigate Angela Rayner over
residency declaration
Deputy Labour leader has faced questions recently over
the sale of a former council house before she became an MP
Aletha Adu Political correspondent
Fri 12 Apr 2024 11.11 BST
Police have
reopened an investigation over claims Angela Rayner may have broken electoral
law by giving false information about where she was living before she became an
MP.
It comes
after James Daly, the deputy chair of the Conservative party, made Greater
Manchester police aware of neighbours contradicting the deputy Labour leader’s
claims that her property, separate from her husband’s, was her main residency.
Daly, the
MP for Bury North, told police Rayner may have made a false declaration on the
electoral register about where she was living. She has also faced questions
about whether she paid the right amount of capital gains tax on the 2015 sale
of her ex-council house in Stockport.
A Greater
Manchester police spokesperson said: “We’re investigating whether any offences
have been committed. This follows a reassessment of the information provided to
us by Mr Daly.”
Rayner has
insisted she has “done absolutely nothing wrong” and said she took legal advice
that no rules were broken. While she would present the advice to police or the
HMRC, Rayner has refused to publicly release her “personal tax advice”.
The Labour
leader, Keir Starmer, has said it was “not appropriate” for him to see Rayner’s
legal advice, and said people were more interested in “problems caused by this
government”.
More details soon …
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