Overview

• Images published this weekend depict two close-protection officers loading bags and driving Sam Tarry between Angela Rayner’s Hove flat and his Brighton home while Rayner was not present.
• A spokesperson for Rayner said the team facilitated her partner moving a small number of her possessions to minimise risk given a heightened, active security threat.
• A government spokesman said former ministers are not entitled to a government car and that MPs’ security arrangements are a matter for parliamentary authorities.
• The Mail on Sunday reported the officers are supplied by Mitie and funded via a parliamentary security fund, while the House of Commons declined to comment on individual arrangements.
• Conservative figures and the TaxPayers’ Alliance urged explanations or an investigation, as scrutiny continues following Rayner’s resignation last month over an underpaid stamp duty finding of about £40,000.