Overview

• Newly published images depict two close-protection officers carrying boxes and driving Sam Tarry between Ms Rayner’s Hove flat and his Brighton home in a BMW X5.
• The vehicle and security detail are funded through parliamentary security arrangements reported to cost taxpayers thousands per day, and both the Commons and supplier Mitie declined to discuss individual cases.
• A spokesperson said officers facilitated moving a small number of Ms Rayner’s possessions due to a heightened, active threat following misogynistic graffiti at her property.
• Senior critics including Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake and the TaxPayers’ Alliance demanded explanations, with some urging an investigation into possible misuse.
• Ms Rayner resigned last month after the independent ethics adviser found a Ministerial Code breach over about £40,000 of underpaid stamp duty on her Hove flat.