The Mail On Sunday newspaper claims to have fresh evidence the Labour deputy leader did not correctly outline her tax arrangements.
The Conservatives are attempting to distract from economic issues facing voters ahead of the May elections by foregrounding questions about Angela Rayner’s tax, David Lammy has claimed.
The newspaper has previously questioned whether she paid enough tax on the 2015 sale of her Stockport home, as it suggested this was not her primary address.Asked about the reports by Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, shadow foreign secretary Mr Lammy said his colleague has “done nothing wrong”.“You meet someone, they have children, a previous arrangement. Many families up and down the country live in more than one home,” he added.
He continued to state that Ms Rayner did not need to publish legal advice she had received on the matter. Mr Lammy told the BBC’S Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “Why do we land on this northern woman who had an arrangement with her husband, a blended family, why do we focus on her and say that she should be the exception?“This is because of the May elections and the Tories not wanting to concentrate on their actions.
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