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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Why are Tories making an issue of Angela Rayner selling her council house?

Angela Rayner: she is seated against a dark wall and speaking into a headset microphone; she is wearing a black jumper and her long, red hair is worn loose
Angela Rayner is coming under pressure to explain her personal financial affairs. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Angela Rayner has faced questions over the last two weeks on whether she was liable to pay capital gains tax (CGT) on the sale of her former council house before she became an MP.

Labour’s deputy leader has said there is no case to answer and has dismissed a string of stories in the Mail on Sunday based on claims in a book by Lord Ashcroft, a former Tory deputy chair, as a “constant stream of smears”.

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