RAYNER RAPPED
Angela Rayner slammed for making £45,000 on her council house under scheme she plans to change
This isn't the first time Rayner has been slammed as a hypocrite
ANGELA Rayner has been slammed for making £45,000 on her council house under a scheme she now wants to change.
The Labour deputy sold the home after acquiring it under “Right to Buy” in Stockport, Gtr Manchester.
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But she has blasted people for getting “loads of discount” when buying a council property.
Ms Rayner denied hypocrisy, insisting she is “not ashamed”.
She posted: “Being able to buy my council house in 2007 was a proud moment. I worked hard, saved and bought it by the book.”
She said a Labour government would review 60 per cent discounts introduced in 2012 “long after I was able to exercise the right to buy (25 per cent) under the old system.
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“That’s not hypocrisy, it’s the right thing to do”
Last year we reported on how Rayner tried to sting the taxpayer for a pair of expensive Apple AirPods.
When confronted by The Sun over the £139 expenses claim, the Deputy Labour Leader hastily repaid the money.
The self-proclaimed value-for-taxpayers campaigner was accused of hypocrisy in 2021 after charging the public purse £249 for personalised Airpods, on top of more than £2,000 for other Apple kit.
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But on 12 December 2022 she put in another claim titled "earphone for office" for the exact same retail price of 2nd Generation Apple AirPods.
Ms Rayner's office repeatedly did not deny the purchase was for AirPods.
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The claim was approved and the money paid to the Labour MP.
But Commons authorities have now confirmed that a repayment was made after The Sun approached Ms Rayner's spin doctor.
Her spokesperson said: “These costs have been covered privately and IPSA has been reimbursed accordingly.”
The Labour firebrand has been leading the charge on Government's overspending and luxury travel.
She’s accused ministers of “living the high life and treating taxpayers like a cash machine” despite her own expenses claims.
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