Angela Rayner said she was the victim of a “fabricated non-story trying to discredit” her council tax home sale.

The Labor deputy leader was criticized for making a £48,500 profit on a property in Stockport, Greater Manchester, which she bought at a 25 per cent discount in 2007.

Ms Rayner said in her first television interview since rumors emerged in 2015 that she might owe capital gains tax on the sale of the property. bbc newsnight: “I’ve made it very clear that no rules were broken. They [the Conservatives] Trying to create a police investigation. “