Her barrister wrote to the taxman on Monday, as calls grew for the Prime Minister to quit in the wake of the party's electoral drubbing, requesting her case be closed as 'soon as possible'.

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Angela Rayner has said that she has been cleared of any tax misconduct by HMRC, paving the way for a potential leadership bid