Angela Rayner ‘cleared by HMRC’ over council home row | EUROtoday

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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will take no additional motion in opposition to Angela Rayner following investigations into her residing preparations a decade in the past prompted by Tory allegations, it was reported on Wednesday evening.

The deputy Labour chief had confronted claims she could have damaged electoral legislation and dodged capital features tax and council tax over the 2015 sale of her council home in Stockport, and whether or not she had offered false details about her most important handle in the course of the 2010s.

However, HMRC mentioned on Wednesday that the Ashton-under-Lyne MP oweed no capital features tax for the sale, in accordance with a doc seen by the Guardian.

Following a consideration of the proof two weeks in the past, the tax authority concluded the home was Ms Rayner’s principal residence the complete time she owned it, which meant that no tax could be due.

It comes after Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and Stockport Council each confirmed on Tuesday that they’d even be taking no additional motion in opposition to Ms Rayner after investigations that adopted a grievance from Conservative deputy chairman James Daly.

The power mentioned it had shared particulars of its investigation with HMRC as a result of tax falls out of its jurisdiction. While the tax physique mentioned it could not touch upon particular person circumstances, the Guardian has now reported an HMRC doc discovered “no capital gains tax is due” on the sale of Ms Rayner’s dwelling and confirmed the case was concluded.

A spokesperson for GMP mentioned on Tuesday that the power had “completed a thorough, carefully considered and proportionate investigation,” including: “We have concluded that no further police action will be taken.”

Ms Rayner, who had promised to resign if she was discovered to have dedicated against the law, welcomed the information the police probe had been dropped, blaming the saga on “desperate tactics” by the Tories.

Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer mentioned his deputy “has been vindicated,” including: “I never doubted that Angela hadn’t done anything wrong and now she’s been cleared by the police.”

A spokesperson for Stockport Council mentioned it had reviewed the knowledge and concluded: “No further action will be taken on behalf of the council.”

Shadow well being secretary Wes Streeting beforehand hit out on the remedy of Ms Rayner. Speaking completely to The Independenthe mentioned the entire saga made his “blood boil” and accused critics of attacking her as a result of “she is a working class success story”.

Questions about Ms Rayner’s residing preparations first surfaced following the publication of an unauthorised biography by former Tory deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft.

A Labour Party spokesperson mentioned on Tuesday: “The police have now completed their investigation into claims made by the Conservative Party deputy chairman and have concluded that no further action will be taken. Angela cooperated fully with the police investigation throughout.

“Angela has always been clear that she was not liable for capital gains tax on the sale of the home she owned before she was an MP, that she was properly registered to vote, and paid the appropriate council tax. She took expert tax and legal advice which confirms this.

“This draws a line under the matter.”