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Questions Over Rayner’s Use of Taxpayer-Funded Security as Reports Say Inquiry Unlikely

Her team says close protection facilitated a small transfer of possessions on safety grounds because she faces a heightened threat.

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Sam Tarry was photographed using the car and being helped by security personnel to move items from Angela Rayner’s flat
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Overview

  • New photos show close-protection officers using a taxpayer-funded BMW X5 to move bags and boxes and to ferry Sam Tarry between properties in Hove and Brighton.
  • A spokesperson for Angela Rayner said the assistance was a security decision due to an elevated risk, citing misogynistic and extremist graffiti at her Hove home.
  • Conservative figures and the TaxPayers' Alliance called for explanations and suggested an investigation to determine whether any rules were broken.
  • Parliamentary authorities fund the security detail, reportedly provided by Mitie, and a Commons spokesman declined to comment on individual arrangements.
  • The Times reports parliamentary authorities are unlikely to launch a formal probe, and Rayner resigned on 5 September after an ethics finding over underpaid stamp duty of about £40,000.