Angela Rayner says she will do the right thing if the police investigation over claims that she broke electoral law prove that she is guilty
She said in a statement she will “sit down with the appropriate authorities, including the police and HMRC, to set out the facts and draw a line” over the row over her house in Stockport adding
“The questions raised relate to a time before I was an MP and I have set out my family’s circumstances and taken expert tax and legal advice. I look forward to setting out the facts with the relevant authorities at the earliest opportunity.”
Greater Manchester Police originally said that the Labour Deputy leader would not face an investigation over claims she gave false information about where she was living for the electoral roll.
Following a complaint by Bury Tory MP James Daly, GMP said it would ‘review’ the circumstances around the claims.
Today they said they would be investigating.
A GMP spokesman said: “We’re investigating whether any offences have been committed” adding ““This follows a reassessment of the information provided to us by Mr Daly.”
The Greater Manchester has been facing scrutiny over whether she should have paid capital gains tax on the 2015 sale of her former council house in Stockport
However this investigation is about the information she gave to the electoral register about where she was living a decade ago.
Sir Keir Starmer refused three times when interviewed on ITV to say if Angela Rayner should resign as deputy leader of the Labour Party if she is found to have broken the law.
Sir Keir backed Ms Rayner and said the investigation will allow a “line to be drawn” under the matter.
“We are absolutely 100 percent behind Angela. We are absolutely confident that she has complied with the rules,” Shadow Climate Secretary Ed Miliband told LBC Radio this afternoon
