The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?
April 12, 2024
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April 12, 2024
The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?
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<p>Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, is being accused of being a ‘tax avoider’. While these attacks are coming predominantly from the right, they’ve been mounting in recent weeks and now Labour is having to confront the allegations.</p><br /><p>So what could this mean for the deputy leader? Is Labour in trouble? Or is this a Tory smear campaign?</p><br /><p>Anoosh Chakelian, Britain editor at the New Statesman, is joined in the studio by political correspondent Freddie Hayward; this episode was recorded on Thursday 11th April.</p><br /><p>Read the pieces mentioned in this podcast: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/04/is-angela-rayner-in-danger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Is Angela Rayner in danger?</a>; <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2022/07/dominic-raab-conservative-angela-rayner-glyndebourne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Dominic Raab missed about Angela Rayner at Glyndebourne</a>; <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/04/i-looked-into-angela-rayners-tax-affairs-heres-what-i-found" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I looked into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs – here’s what I found</a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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