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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue May 28, 2024, 11:55 AM May 2024

Angela Rayner cleared of criminal wrongdoing over sale of home

Angela Rayner has been cleared of any potential criminal wrongdoing over claims she avoided tax over the sale of a home, with Greater Manchester police saying it would take no action against the Labour deputy leader.

In a statement, the force said any claims she avoided capital gains tax or council tax would not fall under their jurisdiction, and that they had shared details of their investigation with the local council, Stockport, and HMRC. Neither of these plan to take action either.

Rayner had said she would resign as deputy leader if it was found she had avoided tax when she sold the former council home she owned for a profit in 2015. The Conservatives had pressured police to look into claims that she had wrongly designated the home as her principal residence.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/28/angela-rayner-cleared-of-criminal-wrongdoing-over-sale-of-home
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Angela Rayner cleared of criminal wrongdoing over sale of home (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler May 2024 OP
Seems so quaint and old fashioned going after an elected office for house taxes. Irish_Dem May 2024 #1

Irish_Dem

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1. Seems so quaint and old fashioned going after an elected office for house taxes.
Tue May 28, 2024, 12:08 PM
May 2024

In the US we have a ruthless sociopath mob boss on a crime spree running for office.
Treason, rape, theft of classified docs, election interference. Threats, bribes, harassment.
These are just the crimes we know about.

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