Police are currently investigating allegations that Atta Ul-Rasool, regarded as a 'protégé' of Ms Rayner, benefited from fake candidates being nominated in order to split the vote against him.

Four men and a woman - aged between 23 and 47 - have been arrested as part of an investigation into the process of how candidates were put forward in Tameside.

Police are currently investigating allegations that Atta Ul-Rasool, regarded as a 'protégé' of Ms Rayner, benefited from fake candidates being nominated in order to split the vote…