It began two weeks ago outside a beachside café where one sharp-eyed Daily Mail reader was getting a cup of tea.

The Deputy Prime Minister is embroiled in a deepening sleaze row over her tax affairs after it was revealed she bought an £800,000 second home on the south coast.

The Deputy Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to 'come clean' after claims she avoided £40,000 in stamp duty when she purchased a luxury £800,000 apartment in East Sussex.

Flat at centre of tax row is targeted amid calls for Deputy Prime Minister to go