The Latest Breaking News from Angela Rayner

The man who reported Labour’s deputy to the police can’t even say what he was complaining about. Meanwhile, there’s no getting away from the Conservatives’ scandals, writes Zoe Williams

Larger-than-life TV personalities should be using their fame to highlight the connections between thinktanks, media outlets and policymakers – not pretend they don’t exist

Labour leader told PMQs a ‘billionaire peer’ was ‘smearing a working-class woman’ after coverage of Rayner’s tax affairs

The media mogul has taken these hacking allegations out of the public arena. Use this moment to craft reforms, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

In today’s newsletter: Labour’s deputy leader has been accused by Tory MPs and the rightwing press of unfairly profiting from her council house sale – here’s why

Charities will offer free childcare essentials such as nappies and bedding, says Khan, promising to support city residents from birth

MP Richard Holden, who is behind re-opening of inquiry into Labour deputy leader, also sparked Covid-era beer and curry furore involving the leader

A party resigned to oblivion made for a sulky session that did Rishi Sunak and the Commons no favours

It is the local election issue Labour would rather not talk about. The party’s deputy leader, Angela Rayner, is now facing a police investigation into multiple allegations relating to electoral law and capital gains tax, following the sale of her former council house nearly a decade ago. Rayner denies any…