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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.

Angela Rayner today refused to commit to publishing tax advice on the sale of her ex-council house as she faced fresh questions over her past living arrangements in a BBC radio clash.

Police are currently 'reassessing' their initial decision not to investigate a formal complaint against Ms Rayner, who this morning reiterated she had 'done absolutely nothing wrong' and taken legal advice that no rules were broken. Angela Rayner, pictured with Sir Keir Starmer today, refused to commit to publishing tax advice on the sale of her ex-council house as she faced fresh questions over her past living arrangements in a BBC radio clash

The Labour deputy said she would hand over information to police and HMRC, but would not 'put out all of my personal details for the last 15 years about my family'. The unauthorised biography alleges that the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne bought her former council house, in Vicarage Road in Stockport, Greater Manchester, with a 25 per cent discount in 2007 under the right-to-buy scheme.Government guidance says that a tenant can apply to buy their council home through the right-to-buy scheme if it is their 'only or main home'.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said yesterday: 'We have received a complaint regarding our decision not to investigate an allegation and are in the process of reassessing this decision.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, who today launched his party's local elections campaign alongside Ms Rayner in the West Midlands, insisted his deputy has his 'full support' and 'full confidence'.

 

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