Well, well, well. Less than 24 hours after Keir Starmer tried to brush off questions about Angela Rayner, it turns out she is now the subject of a formal police investigation. Greater Manchester Police have this morning confirmed it is looking into claims that the Labour deputy leader may have mispaid capital gains tax over the 2015 sale of a property in Manchester.
Rayner has denied wrongdoing but she has refused to publish tax advice which she claims exonerates her – and has not shown it directly to Sir Keir Starmer. GMP re-examined an earlier decision not to investigate after a complaint by Tory Bury MP James Daly. The Times reported yesterday that more than a dozen of Rayner’s former neighbours had yet to be contacted by police.
In a statement, GMP confirmed that ‘We’re investigating whether any offences have been committed. This follows a reassessment of the information provided to us by Mr Daly.’ It’s worth remembering
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