The Labour leader discredited questions over whether Ms Rayner paid enough tax on the 2015 sale of her house as a 'smear campaign' by the Tories.
Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to discredit questions over whether Angela Rayner paid enough tax on the sale of her house nine years ago, accusing the Conservatives of "chasing a smear" against her.
She has said she would present this advice to the police or HMRC but would not publicly release her “personal tax advice”. Sir Keir insisted "nobody is interested" in his deputy's tax affairs and "how much time she spent with her husband over 10 years ago"."She said she’s very happy to answer any further questions from the police or from any of the authorities."
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy earlier suggested the story was an attempt from the Conservatives to distract voters away from economic issues the country is facing ahead of the May 2 local elections.The Labour frontbencher insisted the Mail On Sunday's report merely shows his colleague “had and has a blended family”.
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