Power, said Henry Kissinger, is the ultimate aphrodisiac – but it also seems to improve your property chances too. Angela Rayner is back in the headlines, having just purchased a new £800,000 property in Hove. She is under fire amid questions about her two residences: a grace and favour flat in Admiralty House and her constituency home in Ashton-under-Lyme.

The Deputy Prime Minister has declared the latter to be her primary residence. This means that the council tax on her SW1 base is paid for by the British taxpayer to the tune of £2,034 a year. Worse still, the cost is set to rise to £4,068 due to a new premium on second homes, a policy she developed. As Sir Humphrey might opine, a ‘sub-optimal’ look to say the least…

The political backlash so far has been mixed. James Cleverly, the sh

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