Angela Rayner said her family “deserves some privacy” as she continues to face questions over the sale of the former council house she previously owned.

Labor’s deputy leader has been accused of evading capital gains tax on the sale of a property in Stockport, Greater Manchester, which she denies.

Although she registered to vote using her own address, she also came under scrutiny for claiming she may have lived primarily at her then-husband’s address in Lowndes Lane, rather than her address in Vicarage Road.

Under election rules, voters must register at their permanent home address and there are penalties for providing false information when registering to vote.

Speaking to reporters in Westminster for the first time since the revelations, Ms Rayner said there had “never been a question of deceit” or “conspiracy” about her living arrangements and she outlined the “difficult” family situation at the time.

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Ms Rayner became emotional when asked about the reports, saying: “There was never any deceit (sic) or any issue or anything about avoiding capital gains or not saying what was right on the electoral roll – that’s me house.” Speaking of Vicarage Road.

“You also have to understand – and this is something I’ve always struggled with – when I got my house it was very important to me.

“I talked about my upbringing and the difficulties and challenges – getting that house so I could raise my son was huge. It was very important to me – and I wasn’t going to give it up.”

The claims about Ms Rayner’s living arrangements are contained in Lord Ashcroft’s unauthorized biography, The Red Queen, which is being serialized in the Mail on Sunday.

newspaper Revealed she has earned £48,500 Her former council house gave local authority housing tenants the right to buy their homes at a discount through “right to buy” – a practice Ms Rayner criticized as giving some tenants “substantial discounts”.

Ms Rayner bought her former council house on Vicarage Road in 2007 at a 25 per cent discount and realized a higher return when she sold it at market price eight years later, the newspaper reported.

Ms Rayner said she paid her bills and council tax and was registered to vote at the address. If, as she claimed, this was her main address, she would have paid no capital gains tax when she sold it in 2015 for £127,500.

However, it was claimed that although she was registered at Vicarage Road, she lived mainly at Mr Rayner’s address, Lowndes Lane.

It was also reported that Ms Reyna gave her husband’s address when she re-registered the births of her two sons in the same year.

Ms Rayner told reporters she found it “difficult” to share private details about her children and loved ones because they did not want to “be in the public eye”.

She said it was “completely unacceptable” that her son’s birth certificate was released to the media.

“I had a really bad baby who was told to be taken off life support when he was born at 23 weeks,” she said.

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“So this wasn’t a big conspiracy or deceptive motive or anything of that nature. This was a family trying to take care of each other in a very difficult situation.”

Since the report broke, police have confirmed Ms Rayner will not be investigated by police for allegedly providing false information about her living arrangements.

She also said she had received “expert tax advice that showed I was not evading tax or anything”.

She added: “I work hard to protect people who don’t ask to be in the public eye, which is why I’ve been very clear: I did nothing wrong, I took expert tax advice and I did nothing wrong.” of. “