The police investigation into Angela Rayner is examining multiple allegations and is not limited to potential electoral law offences.
At least a dozen officers at Greater Manchester police are investigating the Labour deputy leader over where she lived in the 2010s and the sale of her former council house in Stockport.
They are examining tax matters and other issues on top of the question of whether Rayner gave false information for the electoral register when she lived between two former council houses in Stockport in the 2010s.
While she has insisted she lived primarily in her own home, former neighbours said she was living with her husband just over a mile away.
The issue is likely to overshadow the local elections next month as the
