Allies of Angela ‘two homes’ Rayner accuse critics of SEXISM for questioning if Labour’s deputy leader avoided capital gains tax and broke election law – as Keir Starmer claims ‘no one is interested’ in row over her financial affairs [Video]

09:28 EDT 08 Apr 2024 , updated 11:53 EDT 08 Apr 2024

A Labour frontbencher today suggested people questioning whether deputy leader Angela Rayner avoided capital gains tax and broke electoral law were sexist.

Shadow health minister Abena Oppong-Asare lashed out as Ms Rayner faced increasing scrutiny of claims she may have avoided a levy on the sale of her own house and falsely declared where she was actually living. 

Ms Rayner has faced questions about whether she paid the right amount of tax on the 2015 sale of her ex-council house due to confusion over whether it was her principal residence. 

She denies both claims and says she has received legal advice that says she has done nothing wrong.

The Conservativesthis morning urged party leader Sir Keir Starmer, a former top prosecutor, to look into claims first raised by the Mail on Sunday at the weekend. He refused to do so and said ‘nobody is interested’ in what he labelled …