‘I love campaigning’: Angela Rayner on being back in action after being cleared in tax row

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Angela Rayner has been described as a huge electoral asset by Labour’s campaign chief, but until this week she has been one the party was unable to fully deploy.

For months, Labour’s deputy leader has faced questions about her historical living arrangements, with the police investigating claims by the Tory party that she may not have paid the right amount of tax.

This week Greater Manchester police cleared her of any criminal wrongdoing, while the local council and HM Revenue and Customs both announced that they were taking no further action.

Rayner is seen as being more to the left than Starmer, and she increased the pressure on him by suggesting that she “doesn’t see any reason” why Diane Abbott couldn’t stand for Labour.

Rayner denied that key policies in her portfolio – including workers’ rights and planning reform – had been watered down, instead suggesting she was being pragmatic.

Similarly, she suggested that while life for cash-strapped local councils would be easier than under the Tories, it would still be difficult because “there’s not going to be a sudden magic money tree”.

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