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Rayner was removed from her roles as the Labour Party's chair and national campaign coordinator in a [[May 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle|reshuffle by Starmer on 8&nbsp;May 2021]], following the [[2021 United Kingdom local elections|2021 local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Alan|last=McGuinness|date=9 May 2021|title=Angela Rayner sacked as Labour Party chair by Sir Keir Starmer, Sky News understands|url=https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-sacked-as-labour-party-chair-by-sir-keir-starmer-sky-news-understands-12301037|access-date=8 May 2021|website=Sky News|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508195716/https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-sacked-as-labour-party-chair-by-sir-keir-starmer-sky-news-understands-12301037|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2021/05/keir-starmer-s-sacking-angela-rayner-self-destructive-stupid-and-wrong|title=Keir Starmer's sacking of Angela Rayner is self-destructive, stupid and wrong|last=Bush|first=Stephen|date=8 May 2021|work=[[New Statesman]]|access-date=8 May 2021|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508184551/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2021/05/keir-starmer-s-sacking-angela-rayner-self-destructive-stupid-and-wrong|url-status=live}}</ref> She was subsequently appointed [[Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] and Shadow Secretary of State for the Future of Work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet our Shadow Cabinet |url=https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |website=The Labour Party |archive-date=5 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305093436/https://labour.org.uk/people/shadow-cabinet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In October 2020, Rayner called Conservative MP [[Chris Clarkson (politician)|Chris Clarkson]] "scum" as he was giving a speech in Parliament, and was rebuked by the Parliament's deputy speaker for doing so. <ref name=":0">{{cite news |date=21 October 2020|first=Rob|last=Merrick |title=Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner under fire for 'calling a Tory MP scum' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-tory-mp-labour-christopher-clarkson-manchester-deputy-leader-scum-b1205749.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027153203/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-tory-mp-labour-christopher-clarkson-manchester-deputy-leader-scum-b1205749.html |archive-date=27 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=The Independent}}</ref><ref name="BBC 54638267">{{cite news |date=21 October 2020 |title=Angela Rayner apologises for 'scum' remark in Commons |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54638267 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025343/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54638267 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=BBC News}}</ref> She later apologised.<ref name="BBC 54638267" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Simon |date=21 October 2020 |title=Angela Rayner apologises for calling Tory MP 'scum' in Commons |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/21/angela-rayner-accused-of-calling-tory-mp-scum-in-commons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022060806/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/21/angela-rayner-accused-of-calling-tory-mp-scum-in-commons |archive-date=22 October 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Clarkson had been critical of Burnham, who had been seeking financial support for [[Greater Manchester]] following local restrictions on businesses being introduced. Clarkson's constituency falls within the boundaries of Greater Manchester, as does Rayner's.<ref name=":0" /> In September 2021, Rayner strongly criticised senior members of the Conservative Party, stating: "We cannot get any worse than a [[Tory scum|bunch of scum]], homophobic, racist, misogynistic, absolute pile... of banana republic... [[Etonian]]... piece of scum".<ref name="scum">{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Lucy |date=26 September 2021 |title=Angela Rayner rebuked by Keir Starmer for branding Tories 'scum' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/26/angela-rayner-faces-calls-apologise-describing-tories-bunch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926151813/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/26/angela-rayner-faces-calls-apologise-describing-tories-bunch/ |archive-date=26 September 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 |newspaper=The Telegraph}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Some Labour MPs, while saying it was not the language that they would have used, defended her comments, including [[Steve Reed (politician)|Steve Reed]], [[John McDonnell]] and [[Lisa Nandy]].<ref>{{cite news |date=26 September 2021 |title=Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner refuses to apologise for calling senior Tories 'scum' |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-26/angela-rayner-refuses-to-apologise-for-calling-senior-tories-scum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928064939/https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-26/angela-rayner-refuses-to-apologise-for-calling-senior-tories-scum |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=ITV News}}</ref> Starmer distanced himself from her remarks, but said it was up to Rayner if she wanted to apologise or not,<ref name="scum" /> while other Labour MPs condemned her in stronger terms.<ref>{{cite news |last=Courea |first=Eleni |date=27 September 2021 |title=Keir Starmer refuses to back Angela Rayner over 'Tory scum' comment |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-refuses-to-back-angela-rayner-over-tory-scum-comment-7lg78r2kb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928095309/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-refuses-to-back-angela-rayner-over-tory-scum-comment-7lg78r2kb |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |newspaper=The Times}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Several Conservative MPs, including [[Grant Shapps]], [[Amanda Milling]] and [[Oliver Dowden]], condemned her comments.<ref name="Labour1">{{cite news |last=Cowburn |first=Ashley |date=27 September 2021 |title=Labour conference: Angela Rayner defends calling PM and senior Tories 'scum' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-labour-conference-tories-b1927146.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928064939/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-labour-conference-tories-b1927146.html |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> Rayner later apologised for her comments in light of the [[murder of David Amess|murder of]] Conservative MP [[David Amess]] the following month.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodcock |first1=Andrew |date=28 October 2021 |title=Angela Rayner apologises for calling Conservatives 'scum' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-apology-conservatives-scum-b1947238.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028191958/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/angela-rayner-apology-conservatives-scum-b1947238.html |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=The Independent}}</ref>
 
On 24 April 2022, Rayner was the subject of a report in ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'', by [[Glen Owen]], in which it was alleged that she had tried to distract [[Boris Johnson]] in the Commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs in a similar manner to [[Sharon Stone]] in a scene from the 1992 film ''[[Basic Instinct]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 2022 |title=Angela Rayner: MPs hit back over claims of 'Basic Instinct' tactics to distract PM |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61208037 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502145043/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61208037 |url-status=live }}</ref> The report was subsequently condemned by a range of voices across the political spectrum including Johnson and the [[Speaker of the House]] [[Lindsay Hoyle]]. The [[Independent Press Standards Organisation]] (IPSO) reported that it had received 5,500 complaints about the article and would undertake an investigation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 2022 |title=Angela Rayner: Tory source of misogyny claims would be punished, PM says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61213711 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503024333/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-61213711 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lia Nici]] later repeated the claims in a BBC interview.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 July 2022 |title=New minister Lia Nici repeats Angela Rayner legs slur |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-62113335 |access-date=10 July 2022 |work=BBC News |archive-date=13 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613070430/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-62113335 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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In October 2021, Rayner reported receiving a number of death threats and abusive messages. The police arrested a 52-year-old man in [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Izzy |last2=Yorke |first2=Harry |date=27 October 2021 |title=Angela Rayner bombarded with 'death threats and abusive messages' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/27/angela-rayner-victim-death-threat-campaign/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028032943/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/10/27/angela-rayner-victim-death-threat-campaign/ |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> She cancelled a number of meetings with her constituents due to fears for her own safety.<ref name="auto1" /> Later, a 36-year-old man from [[Cambridgeshire]] was prosecuted after sending her a threatening email. The man pleaded guilty in court to sending the email and was sentenced to 15 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 October 2021 |title=Angela Rayner: Man sentenced for threats to Labour deputy leader |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59079392 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029000545/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59079392 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=29 October 2021 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Earlier in March 2019, Rayner said that she had fitted [[panic button]]s at her home after rape and death threats were sent to her.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sabbagh |first1=Dan |date=4 March 2019 |title=Angela Rayner has panic buttons fitted after online threats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/04/angela-rayner-has-panic-buttons-fitted-after-online-threats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304212645/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/04/angela-rayner-has-panic-buttons-fitted-after-online-threats |archive-date=4 March 2019 |access-date=4 March 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
 
In March 2024 a former Conservative Party deputy chairman, [[Michael Ashcroft]], allegedconfirmed that Rayner had misled tax officials in the sale of her [[council house]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Jennifer|last=McKiernan|author2=Phil Kemp|date=1 March 2024 |title=Angela Rayner denies misleading tax officials |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68428229 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060320/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68428229 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=BBC News |quote=The allegations have sprung from claims made in a book by Lord Ashcroft, a former Conservative Party deputy chairman about Ms Rayner's ex-council house on Vicarage Road in Stockport, Greater Manchester.}}</ref><ref name="PaWrWi24">{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=George |last2=Wright |first2=Robert |last3=Williams |first3=Jennifer |date=12 April 2024 |title=Police Launch Probe into Claims Angela Rayner Broke Electoral Law |url=https://www.ft.com/content/329ff217-02db-4e2e-a2d7-a6d2a0b1e8a8 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060305/https://www.ft.com/content/329ff217-02db-4e2e-a2d7-a6d2a0b1e8a8 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]] |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd |location=London}}</ref> Rayner said that she had done nothing wrong, and declined to publish her tax records or tax advice. [[Greater Manchester Police]] said they found no evidence that any offence had been committed. At the request of Conservative MP [[James Daly (English politician)|James Daly]], the police agreed to review their decision not to investigate.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jennifer|last=Scott|title=Police 'reassessing decision' not to investigate Angela Rayner after housing claims |url=https://news.sky.com/story/police-reassessing-decision-not-to-investigate-angela-rayner-after-housing-claims-13102995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060331/https://news.sky.com/story/police-reassessing-decision-not-to-investigate-angela-rayner-after-housing-claims-13102995 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=29 March 2024 |website=Sky News}}</ref> The police confirmed in April 2024 that they had opened an investigation into the allegations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adu |first1=Aletha |date=12 April 2024 |title=Police to investigate Angela Rayner over residency declaration |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/12/police-to-investigate-angela-rayner-over-residency-declaration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060315/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/12/police-to-investigate-angela-rayner-over-residency-declaration |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Pic24">{{Cite news |last=Pickard |first=Jim |date=12 April 2024 |title=Police Investigating Angela Rayner over Council House Sale |url=https://www.ft.com/content/329ff217-02db-4e2e-a2d7-a6d2a0b1e8a8 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060305/https://www.ft.com/content/329ff217-02db-4e2e-a2d7-a6d2a0b1e8a8 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]] |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd |location=London}}</ref> A poll by the research consultancy [[Savanta]] indicated that 56% of Labour voters and 26% of Tory voters thought the allegations were a [[smear campaign]] by the Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sparrow |first=Andrew |author-link=Andrew Sparrow |date=18 April 2024 |title=Quarter of Tory Voters Think Angela Rayner Story 'Sounds like Smear', Poll Suggests |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/18/rwanda-bill-raf-planes-grant-shapps-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates?page=with:block-662114318f081f41995d3034#block-662114318f081f41995d3034 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060920/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/apr/18/rwanda-bill-raf-planes-grant-shapps-conservatives-labour-rishi-sunak-uk-politics-latest-updates?page=with:block-662114318f081f41995d3034#block-662114318f081f41995d3034 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> Rayner subsequently said that she would "do the right thing and step down" if she were found to have broken the law.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Jennifer|last=McKiernan|author2=Chris Mason|date=13 April 2024 |title=Angela Rayner: I'll stand down if I've broken the law |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68801671 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060820/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68801671 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=8 July 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 April 2024 |title=Laura Kuenssberg: Are Angela Rayner's troubles a sign of what's to come for Labour?|first=Laura|last=Kuenssberg |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68805211 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060923/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68805211 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Later that month, Greater Manchester Police and [[Stockport Council]] both said that they would take no action against Rayner.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Scott |date=28 May 2024 |title=Angela Rayner: Police will take no further action against Labour's deputy leader over housing claims|url=https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-police-will-take-no-further-action-against-labours-deputy-leader-13144592 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613060932/https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-police-will-take-no-further-action-against-labours-deputy-leader-13144592 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=Sky News}}</ref><ref name="WaDo24a">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Dodd |first2=Vikram |date=28 May 2024 |title=Angela Rayner cleared of criminal wrongdoing over sale of home |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/28/angela-rayner-cleared-of-criminal-wrongdoing-over-sale-of-home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613061322/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/28/angela-rayner-cleared-of-criminal-wrongdoing-over-sale-of-home |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Rayner was also cleared by [[HM Revenue and Customs]], which concluded that she did not owe any [[capital gains tax]] and thus no action would be taken.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crerar |first1=Pippa |author-link=Pippa Crerar |date=29 May 2024 |title=Angela Rayner Cleared by HMRC over Tax on Sale of Former Home |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/angela-rayner-labour-cleared-hmrc-tax-sale-former-home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529200032/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/29/angela-rayner-labour-cleared-hmrc-tax-sale-former-home |archive-date=29 May 2024 |work=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref><ref name="FiWr24">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Lucy |last2=Wright |first2=Robert |date=28 May 2024 |title=Police Drop Probe into Claims Angela Rayner Broke Electoral Law |url=https://www.ft.com/content/53d252f8-64cf-4885-a079-bc4f945a1212 |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613061411/https://www.ft.com/content/53d252f8-64cf-4885-a079-bc4f945a1212 |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=[[Financial Times]] |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd |location=London}}</ref> Rayner welcomed the announcement, and said the Conservatives had used "desperate tactics" against her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Rayner: The story behind the UK's new deputy prime minister |url=https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-uks-new-deputy-prime-minister-and-levelling-up-secretary-12978052 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>
 
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