Angela Rayner will not publish 'personal tax advice' over council house sale - unless Tories do the

Angela Rayner has said she will not publish the "personal tax advice" she received on the sale of her council house despite a police development over her living arrangements. Labour's deputy leader told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she was "confident" she had done "absolutely nothing wrong" with regards to the sale of her council house and whether she should have paid capital gains tax on it. Ms Rayner said she had been "very clear on my advice that I've received" - but asked why she would not put that legal advice into the public domain, she said: "Because that's my personal tax advice. But I'm happy to comply with the necessary authorities that want to see that."   Politics live: Tory blames 'pesky peers' for blocking Rwanda plan   Sir Keir Starmer later threw his support behind his deputy at the launch of Labour's local election campaign in Dudley, telling the audience that she had not broken any rules and was right not to publish the legal advice.   Asked if his deputy should resign if found to have done wrong, Sir Keir said: "Angela has answered I don't know how many questions about this. She has not broken any rules, she has in fact taken legal and tax advice which has satisfied her, and us, and me about the position."   Although Ms Rayner has resisted putting her tax advice in the public domain, she has committed to hand over the information to the police and HMRC - something Sir Keir agreed with.   When pressed further on why she would not publish the advice - and whether she would accept the same reasoning from a Conservative politician - Ms Rayner suggested she would be willing to do so if her Tory critics did the same.   "If we're all going to have a level playing field and we suddenly decide that Conservative ministers need to hand over their tax affairs, if you show me yours, then I'll show you mine," she said.