What it is actually like dwelling subsequent to Angela Rayner
- Tory MPs have referred to as for an investigation into the Labour deputy chief
The thriller over Angela Rayner‘s former council home deepened final evening after neighbours stated she was described as its ‘landlady’.
Those dwelling shut by claimed nobody however her brother lived within the property – and the one time they noticed Labour’s now deputy chief on the street was throughout a row when a schoolboy by chance kicked a soccer by the window.
Sir Keir Starmer‘s deputy is dealing with requires a police probe over why she appeared to have given two totally different addresses in official paperwork earlier than turning into an MP.
The 43-year-old MP has hit again at accusations of ‘hypocrisy’ over the 2015 sale of the semi-detached property for a £48,500 revenue – eight years after shopping for it beneath Margaret Thatcher’s right-to-buy pledge, one thing Labour would have a look at scrapping.
Ms Rayner denies any wrongdoing however faces questions over why she was registered to vote on the semi-detached home in Vicarage Road in Stockport, but on the similar time gave her former husband Mark Rayner’s handle a mile away in Lowndes Lane when re-registering their sons’ births following their 2010 marriage.
The Labour deputy chief was accused of hypocrisy after it was revealed she made a £48,500 revenue on her ex-council home because of the right-to-buy coverage she now desires to reform
Ms Rayner’s home on Vicarage Road when it was on the market. Ms Rayner put her home in the marketplace with an asking value of £139,950 in October 2014, though she needed to minimize the value earlier than it lastly offered practically a 12 months later for £127,500 in March 2015, based on property web site Zoopla
The confusion is important as a result of beneath electoral guidelines, voters are anticipated to register at their everlasting residence handle. Anyone who knowingly supplies false details about the handle they’re registered to vote at might face conviction and a jail sentence.
However, folks dwelling in Vicarage Road insisted the one individual they recall dwelling on the home earlier than Ms Rayner offered it was her elder brother, Darren Bowen.
They informed the Mail of an incident a couple of 12 months earlier than the home was offered for £127,500, when an adolescent dwelling on the street by chance kicked a soccer by a window.
‘Her brother Darren was dwelling there on his personal at that time, there positively weren’t any youngsters there,’ stated the boy’s mom, who didn’t wish to be named. ‘It was only a single pane of glass, it might solely have price about £50 to switch, which we had been comfortable to do. Our son hadn’t finished it on objective, it was only a freak accident.
‘Another neighbour had it boarded up, and Darren was very cheap about all of it. But he stated he wanted to talk to his landlady, who turned out to be Angela Rayner.
‘I went to the identical college as her, so I knew who she was, however I’d actually by no means seen her in our road earlier than. She stated she wanted to get entangled as a result of her brother wasn’t sturdy sufficient to face up for himself.
‘She got here spherical banging on the door, demanding we pay round £250 for it to be repaired. When we refused she threatened to take us to court docket.’
The girl’s husband added: ‘We refused to pay what she was asking for as a result of there was no approach the restore would have price that a lot.
Ms Rayner showcases her liking for vibrant colors all through the home. Her 13ft by 12ft eating room painted mint inexperienced with a pine desk and 6 chairs over a wooden impact laminate ground
The footage, taken from when the home was offered by Ms Rayner in 2015, reveal a putting color scheme of vibrant orange partitions
‘She was simply so obnoxious, she should have visited 4 or 5 instances, demanding cash and saying: ‘I’ll see you in court docket.’
After Ms Rayner was contacted by the Mail, she wrote on X, previously Twitter: ‘I’ve by no means been a ‘landlady’.’
Ms Rayner is dealing with questions over whether or not she must have paid capital beneficial properties tax when her home was offered if it wasn’t her primary residence – an allegation she denies.
The council home claims are contained in a brand new e-book, Red Queen? The Unauthorised Biography of Angela Rayner by Lord Ashcroft, which shall be serialised within the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday subsequent month.
The property had a easy toilet painted in a yellow color above plain white tiles was proven with a built-in bathe in addition to a shower
The footage reveal that Ms Rayner’s backyard appeared somewhat much less spectacular with an overgrown garden, weeds sprouting on the paving slab patio and unstable wanting fences
The buy of Ms Rayner’s council home is revealed in a brand new e-book by Lord Ashcroft, which shall be serialised solely within the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday subsequent month
Angela Rayner with Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer. The confusion over Ms Rayner’s residence handle is important as a result of beneath electoral guidelines, voters are anticipated to register at their everlasting residence handle. The Tories have written to Greater Manchester Police to demand an investigation as she appeared to have given two totally different addresses in official paperwork
The Mail on Sunday revealed how Ms Rayner purchased her council home in 2007 after being granted a 25 per cent low cost beneath right-to-buy laws. Ms Rayner has been accused of ‘pulling up the ladder’ for different social housing tenants as she has vowed to evaluate the coverage if Labour wins the election
Posting a thread on X, Ms Rayner wrote: ‘I owned my own residence, lived there, paid the payments there and was registered to vote there, previous to promoting the home in 2015. I’ve by no means been a ‘landlady’, owned a property portfolio or been a non-dom.
‘As with nearly all of atypical individuals who promote their very own properties, I used to be not accountable for capital beneficial properties tax as a result of it was my residence and the one one I owned.
‘My husband already owned his own residence independently. We mutually determined to keep up our present residences to mirror our circumstances.
‘For all of the unhealthy curiosity taken in my household by Lord Ashcroft and his associates, there isn’t a suggestion any guidelines have been damaged.’
