Rayner on the back foot as home sale row overshadows poll campaign

LABOUR’S deputy leader Angela Rayner was today forced to defend allegations about the sale of her former council house as the row threatened to overshadow the party’s local elections campaign launch.

- Rachael Burford

Greater Manchester Police is reassessing its decision not to investigate claims Ms Rayner gave false information on official documents. It follows a complaint from Tory MP James Daly. Ms Rayner has strongly denied misconduct and said today: “I am confident that I have done absolutely nothing wrong.” She has come under the spotlight in recent weeks over allegations that she avoided capital gains tax on the 2015 sale of the home she owned in Stockport. The Ashton-under-Lyne MP has also faced scrutiny over claims that in 2010 she might have lived primarily at her then-husband’s address but was registered to vote at her own, which could have been a breach of electoral rules.