About six of Angela Rayner’s former neighbours have been questioned by police investigating the sale of her former council house, The Times understands.
One is reported to have said that Rayner was regarded as the landlady of the home rather than its resident.
The police are looking at suggestions that Labour’s deputy leader might have been living in her husband’s house while claiming the ex-council home was still her principal property.
The difference could be significant in deciding whether capital gains tax ought to have been paid when her house was sold at a profit of £48,500.
Other potential issues if Rayner wrongly declared her residence might be breaches of electoral law or the single-occupancy council tax discount. She has insisted that she has done
