Angela Rayner taunted the Tories today after police launched an investigation into her living arrangements, gleefully directing a jab at the MP who reported her.
The Labor deputy leader tweeted on the front page of a newspaper with last night's news that Greater Manchester Police had decided not to take further action against claims she was not living at the house she registered as her home address.
And after GMP also said it had no jurisdiction to investigate a separate council tax allegation, it tagged Tory MP James Daly in the picture so he would see it when he logged into X.
Mr Daly, the Conservative MP for Bury North, was the person who reported her to the police in the first place.
The Labor deputy leader tweeted on the front page of a newspaper reporting last night's news that Greater Manchester Police had decided not to take further action against claims that she was not living at the house she had registered as her home address.
And after GMP also said it had no jurisdiction to investigate a separate council tax allegation, it tagged Tory MP James Daly in the picture so he would see it when he logged into X.
Mr Daly, the Conservative MP for Bury North, was the person who reported her to the police in the first place.
The deputy Labor leader was under investigation by Greater Manchester Police amid questions about her living situation ten years ago.
The Ashton-under-Lyne MP has faced claims that she may have broken electoral law and avoided capital gains tax and council tax by declaring the wrong house.
But yesterday afternoon police said in a statement that they were suspending the investigation. However, it added that 'council tax and personal tax do not fall within the jurisdiction of the police' and that the findings had been passed on to Stockport Council and HMRC.
Labor said the decision “draws a line” under the controversy, while the council said it was also taking no further action.
Ms Rayner welcomed the police decision and hit out at the Tories about “desperate tactics” to “distract from their poor record.”
Labor leader sir Keir Starmer said he was pleased that Ms Rayner had been 'vindicated'.
HMRC will not comment on any individual's tax affairs, although there are claims that they had already investigated the matter at Ms Rayner's request and concluded that no capital gains tax was due.
However, her former neighbors reacted to the news yesterday with a mixture of anger and disbelief, calling it 'ridiculous'.
The Ashton-under-Lyne MP has faced claims she may have broken electoral law and avoided capital gains tax and council tax by declaring the wrong house. Pictured: Mrs Rayner's house on Vicarage Road when it was for sale
Mrs Rayner's kitchen featured a range of wooden cupboards, tiled floor, built-in oven and black granite worktops with black tile mosaic backsplashes
Photos showed Ms Rayner's garden looking a little less impressive, with an overgrown lawn, weeds growing on the paving stone patio and unstable-looking fences.
Sylvia Hampson, 83, had claimed that Mrs Rayner lived next door to her in a terraced house – owned by her then husband, Mark Rayner – in Lowndes Lane in Stockport, rather than the ex-husband's, for more than 'six or seven years'. council house that she later sold.
The mother-of-two, who gave evidence to the police investigation, said: 'It's bloody ridiculous.
'I know the truth and so does my son. She definitely lived next door to me and she knows she was.”
Chris Hinett, 64, who lives a few doors down from where Ms Rayner claimed she lived in Vicarage Road, Stockport, also reacted angrily.
He said Mrs Rayner described herself as “the landlord” of the house when he intervened over a broken window before she sold it.
The car salesman said of her release: 'It's disgusting. I have cooperated with the police, but next time they knock on my door, I won't bother.
'It is the job of the police to investigate voting rights. She may go to the next deputy prime minister – that's not right.”