The deputy prime minister paid £30,000 instead of the full £70,000 rate levied on second homes when she purchased an £800,000 flat in Hove this summer by saying it was her only property.

A Labour MP has publicly condemned Angela Rayner over her controversial property dealings.

The new revelation comes after the Deputy Prime Minister was criticised by a Labour MP over her controversial property dealings involving her £800,000 flat in East Sussex.