The new probe comes after James Daly, deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, made police aware of neighbours contradicting Ms Rayner’s statement
Greater Manchester Police has reopened a probe into claims that Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner may have broken electoral law over information she gave about her living situation a decade ago after a “reassessment of the information provided to us”, the force said.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said on Friday: “We’re investigating whether any offences have been committed. This follows a reassessment of the information provided to us by Mr Daly.” Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden published a letter he has written to Sir Keir where he refers to testimony of residents alleging that Ms Rayner was not living at the property she was registered to on the electoral register. In the letter, Mr Holden said: “You have pledged to uphold standards in public life but the failure by you and your deputy to answer the simplest questions about this matter makes a mockery of these claims.
“I don’t need to see the legal advice. My team has seen it. But I will say this, that on the day that the A&E figures, people are waiting more than 24 hours in A&E, we now know that they are 10 times as high as they were five years ago.
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