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Rayner’s bodyguards help with Hove flat move
Taxpayer-funded bodyguards helped Rayner's boyfriend move belongings in an £80,000 BMW despite her recent resignation over tax issues, sparking calls for investigation.
- Taxpayer-Funded close-protection officers ferried Ms Rayner's partner and helped move belongings in an £80,000 BMW X5 between Hove and Brighton, the Mail on Sunday reported.
- Last month Ms Rayner resigned from Keir Starmer's Cabinet after it was found she broke the Ministerial Code by underpaying about £450,000 in stamp duty and has retained close protection due to ongoing security risks, according to a spokesman.
- The images have prompted criticism from opposition parties as Ben Obese-Jecty, Tory MP, said `Highly trained close-protection officers shouldn't be moonlighting as removal men`, while John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, called for an investigation.
- Labour must now explain the use of taxpayer-funded security as opponents say the party must clarify why Sam Tarry used Angela Rayner's protection; a Commons spokesman declined to comment.
- Photos show bodyguards driving Mr Tarry and boxes between Ms Rayner's 800,000 flat in Hove and Sam Tarry's 450,000 flat in Brighton, around three miles away, with her absent.
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Rayner is taking us for a ride: Weeks after she quit in disgrace, her boyfriend is ferried around by taxpayer-funded bodyguards in £80k BMW also paid for by you
Pictures published exclusively in the Mail on Sunday show two close-protection officers helping Ms Rayner's on-off partner Sam Tarry move bags and boxes in a BMW X5 between their two homes.
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