Overview

• Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake wrote to Sir Laurie Magnus asking for an assessment of possible ministerial‑code issues linked to Rayner’s property‑tax arrangements.
• The Telegraph reported she removed her name from Ashton‑under‑Lyne deeds weeks before buying an £800,000 Hove flat, paying about £30,000 rather than £70,000 in stamp duty; her spokesman says she paid the correct duty.
• She told Tameside her constituency house is her primary residence and notified Brighton & Hove that the Hove flat is a second home, triggering a council‑tax premium there and the taxpayer covering the £2,034 bill on her Admiralty House apartment.
• The Conservatives have also asked Tameside Council to strike her from the Ashton‑under‑Lyne electoral register, arguing she no longer meets residency tests.
• The Times reported that Land Registry application documents do not appear to confirm she removed her name from the deeds, prompting fresh calls for fuller disclosure.