Labour leader defends deputy amid scrutiny of 2015 house sale, as police say she is facing investigation over ‘a number of assertions’
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Keir Starmer has launched a bullish defence of his embattled deputy, Angela Rayner, after the chief constable of Greater Manchester police said she was facing investigation “over a number of assertions”.
The Labour leader told MPs on Wednesday he believed the accusation that Rayner lied about her primary residence to avoid tax was a “smear”.
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