Tory MP who made Angela Rayner complaint refuses to explain what offence he thinks she’s committed

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The Tory MP who reported Angela Rayner to the police amid an ongoing row over the sale of her council home refused to explain what alleged offences he thought she had committed.

James Daly, the Conservative Party deputy chairman, failed to reply the query thrice throughout a clumsy change on the BBC’s Daily Politics programme.

“Well, the Greater Manchester Police last week…announced that they were investigating various matters in relation to this and therefore I think it’s perfectly appropriate to allow that investigation to proceed,” he mentioned.

Mr Daly, who represents the purple wall seat of Bury North in Greater Manchester, contacted police to make them conscious that neighbours of Ms Rayner had contradicted her account {that a} property, separate from her husband’s, was her principal residency.

Greater Manchester Police later launched an investigation into whether or not Ms Rayner had damaged electoral regulation, having initially mentioned she had no case to reply, following questions on whether or not she paid the correct quantity of tax when she bought the property earlier than turning into an MP.

When presenter Jo Coburn pressed Mr Daly on what he had introduced to gentle which may make a distinction to the case, he mentioned: “The situation is that information was provided to Greater Manchester Police, as per any other person making a complaint or a potential complaint.

“Greater Manchester Police have assessed that they are now carrying out an investigation and I think that we should allow them to carry out that investigation.”

When pushed for the third time, Mr Daly added: “My understanding is that the Greater Manchester Police, and they will correct me if I’m wrong, are looking at a number of offences here and will investigate fully and we should give them the time and the opportunity to do that.

It comes after The Sunday Times reported that a former aide to Ms Rayner said there was “no doubt in my mind that this was Ms Rayner’s family home” when he visited her at what she says was her husband’s handle in 2014.

Police are investigating whether or not Labour’s deputy chief broke electoral regulation after Tory allegations that she could have given false details about her principal residence a decade in the past.

Ms Rayner has promised to resign if she is discovered to have committed against the law over the accusations however mentioned she adopted the foundations always.

She was defended by her colleague Yvette Cooper, the shadow house secretary, throughout an interview earlier on Sunday.

Ms Cooper informed BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that Ms Rayner is “very keen” to set out the information to police and HMRC.

She mentioned: “It allows her to set out all the facts – not the sort of gossip, not the different allegations that we’ve had from Conservative MPs.

“We understand this is the run-up to local elections, we have seen this before as we saw with the Durham case as well.

“This is obviously about her family arrangements, her personal finances, and that’s really how it should be dealt with instead.”

Ms Rayner has mentioned she has finished nothing unsuitable and vowed to absolutely cooperate with any authority trying into the matter.