The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary’s property portfolio is under scrutiny after it emerged she purchased a £700,000 seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex while her department has cracked down on second home owners.
The Conservatives have accused her of “hypocrisy”, however.
“First is that it could reinforce the idea that Labour are just as bad as all other parties. Following a summer of donations scandals last year after presenting a holier-than-thou elections campaign, something like this rearing its head is unlikely to help the party reverse its image.
“If even Rayner is tarnished with the same brush as all politicians, Labour stands so little hope of differentiating itself from a public that continues to despise politicians, making insurgent parties such as Reform UK far less risky in the minds of voters.”
“She’s following all the rules and paying the correct amount of tax. I’m not sure our message is that people shouldn’t buy second homes, just that those who do should pay back their fair share to the local community. She’s doing just that.
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Rayner’s Hove apartment is in addition to her £650,000 house in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, which she lists as her primary residence, and her grace-and-favour apartment in Admiralty House in London.
Over the summer there were also reports that Rayner wants to charge households in more affluent areas up to £380 a year more in council tax in order to divert funds to less well-off communities.
It is also understood that the Prime Minister has confidence in Rayner.
Shadow housing secretary James Cleverly has called on the Deputy Prime Minister to declare in full all of her properties and where she pays council tax, while shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel claimed Rayner was being “hypocritical”.
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