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One more hope for Rishi Sunak dashed: Greater Manchester Police have said they will take no further action after investigating claims by the Conservatives about Angela Rayner's electoral registration and the sale of her former council house. The police said tax does not fall into its jurisdiction, and HMRC has also said that it will not take matters further. The deputy Labour leader has been completely vindicated – including in her tough refusal to publish her private tax and legal advice confirming that she paid the tax she should and was properly registered to vote. I wrote last month that she was the victim of class prejudice. This is a significant victory not just for her but for the Labour Party – she and Keir Starmer have now seen off two politically motivated Tory attacks; they were found not to have broken coronavirus regulations during lockdown. |
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