Angela Rayner dodges demands to release tax advice on the sale of her ex-council house in an interview on BBC Radio 4. Raynor has faced scrutiny after claims she could've owed £3,500 in capital gains tax on the sale of the property in Stockport.
Labour chair Anneliese Dodds today dismissed Angela Rayner's housing row as 'petty politicking' and said she was 'really proud' of the party's deputy leader.
In a weeks-long row, Ms Rayner is facing demands to further explain her past living arrangements amid claims she may have escaped paying some tax. Labour chair Anneliese Dodds today dismissed Angela Rayner's housing row as 'petty politicking' and said she was 'really proud' of the party's deputy leader
'Why don't we have a Conservative Party in Government that is focused on family finances rather than what seems to be petty politicking about one individual politician's finances?' The police this week confirmed they were reconsidering a formal investigation into the affair, having previously dismissed it.
Mr Gullis said Sir Keir had a duty to explain how he had cleared Ms Rayner without even seeing the advice she is relying on, adding that it was not even clear whether the advice covered tax or legal issues. The Labour firebrand, who is on course to be Britain's first female deputy prime minister, has been mired in controversy since The Mail on Sunday revealed her complex property dealings last month.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed this week that officers were reassessing a decision not to investigate claims that she gave false information on official documents. She said separately that she would publish her tax advice only if a string of Conservative ministers, including Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt also published details of their tax affairs going back 15 years.
But he later admitted that he had not seen the advice himself, telling Sky News: 'I have faith in Angela Rayner's answers. Ms Jenkyns said: 'Angela Rayner is caught in her own web of hypocrisy. She is quick to point fingers at others, but conveniently ignores her own alleged rule-breaking.' A married couple can have only one main residence, with capital gains tax due on the sale of a second home. Experts have suggested she should have paid up to £3,000 in capital gains tax.
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