After months of investigation, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the party's deputy leader will face no further action about claims she broke electoral law over her living situation a decade ago.
She welcomed the news but blamed the saga on “desperate tactics” by the Tories. It was another huge boost for Labour as the general election campaign entered its sixth full day, with shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves promising to “lead the most pro-growth, the most pro-business Treasury that our country has ever seen.”
Meanwhile, as Labour positioned itself as the party of business, Rishi Sunak’s “triple-lock plus” promise to pensioners was dismissed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies as a reversal of the Tories’ own tax policy.
The investigation into Ms Rayner followed a complaint from Conservative deputy chairman James Daly over the 2015 sale of her council house in Stockport and whether she had provided false information about her main address during the 2010s.
She had faced claims she broke electoral law, failed to pay capital gains tax, and falsely received a single-occupancy council tax discount. But Stockport Council also said yesterday that it would not be taking action. Ms Rayner had promised to resign if she was found to have committed a crime.
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