Overview

• The deputy prime minister and housing secretary bought a three-bedroom seaside apartment near Brighton/Hove earlier this year, reported at just over £700,000 by some outlets and about £800,000 by others.
• She also owns a home in Ashton-under-Lyne and uses a grace-and-favour apartment in Admiralty House in Westminster.
• Her office says she pays full council tax in Ashton-under-Lyne and the second-home premium on the Hove flat, with Admiralty House bills administered by the Cabinet Office and Westminster Council.
• Conservatives, including Shadow Housing Secretary James Cleverly, are pressing for fuller disclosure of residence designations and accuse her of hypocrisy given government measures to deter second homes.
• Neighbours say she has been at the Hove property since May, including a house‑warming with partner Sam Tarry, as debate continues over new powers allowing councils to double council tax on second homes from April.