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The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?

The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?

FromThe New Statesman Podcast


The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?

FromThe New Statesman Podcast

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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; The Angela Rayner council house case, explained by a tax expert Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Twice a week the New Statesman politics team - Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea - discuss the latest in UK politics. From Boris Johnson's latest battle with backbenchers to the machinery behind the Labour Party's opposition attack lines, this is the debrief you need to understand what's really happening in Westminster and beyond.New episodes Tuesday and Friday. Send your questions at youaskus.co.uk.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.