Angela Rayner is being investigated by police over the sale of her council house, it emerged today.
Greater Manchester Police confirmed it was looking into claims that the Labour deputy leader may have mispaid capital gains tax over the 2015 sale of a property in Manchester.
Questions have also been raised over whether she broke electoral law.
Ms Rayner has denied wrongdoing. But she has refused to publish tax advice which she claims exonerates her – and has not shown it directly to Sir Keir Starmer, he has admitted.
Police re-examined a decision not to investigate after a complaint by Tory Bury MP James Daly.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: ‘We’re investigating whether any offences have been committed.
‘This follows a reassessment of the information provided to us by Mr Daly.’
Greater Manchester Police confirmed it was looking into claims that the Labour deputy leader may have mispaid capital gains tax over the 2015 sale of a property in Manchester.
On Wednesday Ms Rayner was targeted by a Tory-sponsored ‘tax dodger’ protest as she broke cover on the election campaign trail in the North East
Before becoming an MP, Ms Rayner used Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy scheme to purchase her former council home in Vicarage Road, Stockport, in January 2007.
She married Mark Rayner in September 2010 and the couple re-registered the births of their two sons that year, providing Mr Rayner’s address in nearby Lowndes Lane.
But Ms Rayner remained on the electoral roll at Vicarage Road until 2015, when she sold the house at a profit of £48,500.
Knowingly providing false information on an electoral registration form is an offence, which can carry a six-month prison sentence or an unlimited fine.
A married couple can also normally have only one main residence, with capital gains tax due on the sale of a second home.
