Labour hypocrisy was said to be on 'full show' today after Angela Rayner was claimed to have escaped shelling out £40,000 in stamp duty on her new coastal flat.
The Deputy Prime Minister is reported to have told tax authorities that her £800,000 seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex, was her main place of residence.
She took her name off the deeds of a property in her Greater Manchester constituency only weeks before purchasing the Hove flat, it was reported.
The deed changes supposedly allowed the Cabinet minister to pay £30,000 in stamp duty instead of £70,000, which would have been applied if the Hove property was her second home.
It comes after Ms Rayner's own department has warned against the impact of second homes in pricing others out of the housing market.
