Tory MPs told Andy Burnham to refrain from public pronouncements about Angela Rayner while the force, over whom he has political oversight, carries out its investigation into her affairs.
When Angela Rayner last week said she'd do the 'right thing' and resign if a police investigation into her former living arrangements found that she had broken the law, I was instantly suspicious.
The Levelling Up Secretary mocked his opposite number as she took to the despatch box for the first time since the probe into her tax affairs was announced.
Andy Burnham once hailed Angela Rayner as an 'amazing politician' - but now he has been forced to clarify he will have no involvement in the police investigation into the her housing affairs.
The Labour deputy leader is being investigated over claims she wrongly declared on the electoral roll she was living at a council house she bought under right to buy in Stockport.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said her 'brilliant' superior would co-operate fully with any police or tax probe into two homes she owned in Manchester a decade ago.
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The Town of Erving Police Department is investigating an allegation that a student threatened another student at the Erving Elementary School.
Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson said the force will ‘get to the bottom’ of the claims
Police are investigating the Labour deputy leader following a complaint by Bury North MP James Daly
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