Angela Rayner speaks out after police issue new statement over tax allegations

Angela Rayner indicated she would not publish the “personal tax advice” she received on the sale of her council house.

That follows police issuing a new statement over allegations that the Labour Party deputy leader paid the incorrect amount of tax when selling her former home. The Ashton-under-Lyne MP has denied any wrongdoing following claims made in a book by a former Conservative Party deputy chairman that she failed to properly declare her main residency.

Ms Rayner insists she consulted tax experts when the sale went through in 2015. Police previously decided not to pursue an investigation, but have now issued a statement saying they are 'in the process of reassessing this decision' following a complaint.

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Labour’s deputy leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday (March 28): “I am confident that I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong. I’ve been very clear on my advice that I’ve received.”

Asked why she would not put that legal advice into the public domain, Ms Rayner said: “Because that’s my personal tax advice. But I’m happy to comply with the necessary authorities that want to see that.”

She said she would hand over the information to the police and HMRC, “but I’m not going to put out all of my personal details for the last 15 years about my family”.

Ms Rayner said she would publish her tax advice if Conservatives calling for her to do so do the same.

The Labour deputy leader told Today: “If we’re all going to have a level playing field and we suddenly decide that Conservative ministers need to hand over their tax affairs, if you show me yours, then I’ll show you mine.

“If the deputy chairman and the others, and Rishi Sunak and Jeremy