Reviewing politics
and culture since 1913

The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?

Greater Manchester police are investigating the Labour deputy leader.


Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, is being accused of being a ‘tax avoider’. While these attacks are coming predominantly from the right, they’ve been mounting in recent weeks and now Labour is having to confront the allegations.

So what could this mean for the deputy leader? Is Labour in trouble? Or is this a Tory smear campaign?

Anoosh Chakelian, Britain editor at the New Statesman, is joined in the studio by political correspondent Freddie Hayward; this episode was recorded on Thursday 11th April.

Read the pieces mentioned in this podcast: Is Angela Rayner in danger?; What Dominic Raab missed about Angela Rayner at Glyndebourne; I looked into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs – here’s what I found


Submit a question for our weekly listener questions episode, “You Ask Us”

Subscribers to the New Statesman can listen ad-free in our app. Download it on iOS or Android.

Not a regular podcast listener? Read our guide on how to listen to New Statesman podcasts.

Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month

Content from our partners
Meeting missions. Creating jobs. Building careers.
The UK's housing crisis is about quality and sustainability, not just numbers
A costly mistake for consumers and the economy