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For some weeks now, Angela Rayner has faced scrutiny over whether she should have paid capital gains tax when she sold her former council house.

The deputy Labour leader had faced claims she gave false information on official documents.

The deputy Labour leader had faced claims she gave false information on official documents.

The Labour politicians spokesman hit back at gossip and hearsay in the ongoing row over her previous living arrangements.

The Shadow Chancellor claimed people are ready to move on from whether or not Rayner should have paid capital gains tax on her property.

Ms Rayner has been quizzed by Tory MPs in recent weeks over capital gains tax she may have owed on profit she made when selling her home in Stockport in March 2015

The Labour leader’s spokesman said he had ‘full confidence’ in his deputy.

Sir Keir Starmer publicly backed Angela Rayner on Wednesday as she faced fresh questions over the sale of her former council house.

Former neighbours of the council house at the centre of a row which has left Angela Rayner facing a potential police probe, say they had never seen her living there.

Labour deputy leader has been criticised for turning a £48,500 profit on a former council house in Stockport