Her partner Sam Tarry has been revealed as part of a lobby group who were given almost £300,000 in exceptional funding by the current government.

Follow the Daily Mail's live coverage after claims Angela Rayner dodged shelling out £40,000 on her coastal flat after saying it was her main place of residence to tax authorities.

The embattled Deputy Prime Minister split the ownership of her £650,000 constituency home with a trust administered by blue-chip law firm Shoosmiths.