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Election campaign day six: No police action over Rayner’s council house sale

Source: PA Wire

Angela Rayner has been told she will not face any police action following the sale of her former council house almost a decade ago, while Rishi Sunak made a renewed pitch for the so-called “grey vote”.

Here are the key moments from day six of the campaign:

– Relief for Rayner

Greater Manchester Police said they have concluded their investigation into the Labour deputy leader’s sale of her Stockport property in 2015 and would not be taking any action.

Ms Rayner had faced questions over whether she owed capital gains tax on the house, which she originally bought under right-to-buy legislation, and whether she had been registered to vote at the correct address.

Greater Manchester Police opened an inquiry following a formal complaint by Conservative party deputy chairman James Daly, but the force said that after a “thorough” investigation

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