The official value of axed Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's Ashton-under-Lyne house was increased by family lawyers from £487,500 to £650,000 last April,

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The high-street conveyancing firm Angela Rayner used to buy a flat issued a devastating statement saying they had calculated the stamp duty based on the information she provided.

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A number of constituents in Ashton-under-Lyne, where she was re-elected last year with a majority of almost 11,000, called on the Labour MP to resign.

The former deputy prime mister, who quit the government this morning, sold a 25 per cent stake in the Ashton-under-Lyne property for £162,500 to a trust established for her…

Reduction in salary and hefty tax bill means outgoing deputy prime minister may now lose the second home that cost her her government post

She owned a grace and favour flat in Admiralty House along with her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency home and the three-bedroom holiday home in Hove.

The former Deputy Prime Minister bought the detached house in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, for £375,000 in 2016 along with her then husband, Mark.

The official value of axed Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's Ashton-under-Lyne house was increased by family lawyers from £487,500 to £650,000 last April,

Price put on former deputy PM’s home was raised by £162,500, making it worth twice as much as nearby properties