Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is facing some backlash over her

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner is currently facing intense scrutiny after being accusing of supposedly dodging tax on her third property.

The outrage against her began when it emerged she had purchased a third property.

Her critics accused the housing secretary of hypocrisy for having multiple homes in the housing crisis. They also criticised her purchase considering she is preparing to hike council tax on second properties.

But the row escalated on Friday after The Telegraph reported that she had saved a significant sum in stamp duty when buying this third residence.

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What’s happened?

The deputy prime minister recently paid more than £700,000 for a seafront property near Brighton, according to reports last week.

That fact alone outraged many of her political rivals, considering she already has her property in her constituency Ashton-under-Lyne, and the grace-and-favour residence in Westminster, Admirality House, which she has access to in her role as deputy prime minister.

The Tories’ shadow housing secretary James Cleverly said: “Angela Rayner is responsible for housing policy, yet she won’t even be straight about her own.”

He said this matters because “this is the same deputy prime minister who has hiked taxes on family homes across the country”.

Cleverly noted: “If she’s not prepared to be open about her own affairs while taxing everyone else heavily, the public will wonder what she has to hide.”

The opposition also tried to get the phrase “three pads Ange” going.

The story then took a turn when it emerged........

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