Greater Manchester Police said it was “reevaluating” its decision not to investigate allegations against Labor deputy leader Angela Rayner’s living arrangements after receiving a complaint.
Labor MPs have Become the center of attention In recent weeks she sold a former council house in Stockport she previously owned and was accused of evading capital gains tax, which she denies.
But Ms Rayner has also faced scrutiny over claims she may have been living primarily at her then-husband’s address in 2010, even though she was registered to vote using her own address, potentially breaking election rules.
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she told reporters earlier this month As she outlined the “difficult” family situation at the time, there was “never a question of deception” or “conspiracy” in her living arrangements.
But Conservative MP James Daley asked police to investigate whether she gave false information or breached election rules.
Initially, Greater Manchester Police investigated the allegations and said there was no evidence of foul play.
However, in a new statement released on Wednesday, a police spokesman said: “We have received a complaint regarding our decision not to investigate the allegation and are reassessing this decision.
“The complainant will be updated on the outcome of the reassessment in due course.”
The claims first emerged in a book about Ms Rayner written by Lord Ashcroft, a former Conservative Party deputy chairman and Tory donor, which was 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 own former council house in Vicarage Road, Stockport, 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.
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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 not have to pay 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.
The deputy leader said she later 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. “
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