Angela Rayner is re-investigated by police over claims Labour deputy broke law when living between two ex-council houses
ANGELA Rayner’s two homes scandal escalated today after cops said they WOULD look again at whether she broke the law.
Following complaints the force will reconsider opening a formal probe into whether the deputy Labour leader breached electoral law while living between two ex-council houses in Stockport.
A detective chief inspector has been assigned to the case, just days after Ms Rayner slammed the scandal as a “non-story” and a smear.
The firebrand MP is facing increasing pressure to explain why she didn’t pay capital gains tax of up to £1,500 when she sold off her right-to-buy property in 2015.
Neighbours have questioned her claim that the Vicarage Road house was her “principal residence” and therefore no money was owed to the taxman.
Instead they insist she lived down the road on Lowndes Lane with her then-husband Mark Rayner.
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Earlier this month cops said the deputy leader wouldn’t face an investigation over claims she lied about her primary address for the electoral roll.
But Tory Deputy Chairman James Daly complained that officers didn’t bother contacting witnesses, checking deeds or scanning other relevant documents.
Writing to the Bury North MP today, detective chief inspector Cheryl Hughes said: “I have read your letter outlining your concern over the lack of investigation into the matters you raised in your initial complaints to GMP on the 25th February regarding Angela Rayner MP.
“Following receipt of your recent letter dated 13th March 2024, I have been requested to review the circumstances you have outlined to reassess our decision around an investigation. I will update with the outcome.”
Last week Ms Rayner told the BBC she’d committed “no wrongdoing” and “no unlawfulness”.
She said: “I’ve been very clear there’s no rules broken. The Tories tried to manufacture a police investigation.
“I got tax advice which says there was no capital gains tax. It’s a non-story manufactured to try and smear me.”