A resident has paid for the clean-up of graffiti outside Angela Rayner's flat in Hove, according to the Brighton and Hove City Council.
The graffiti calling Ms Rayner a "tax evader" and a "b****" appeared on a white wall outside her £800,000 seaside property on Thursday after she admitted she did not pay the right amount of stamp duty when she bought it.
Across the road, "tax evader Rayner" and "Rayner tax avoidance" were graffitied on a construction chipboard.
Image: Graffiti on a construction chipboard across the road from the flat. Pic: PA
It was initially scheduled to be cleared away by workers from the local council on Thursday afternoon, but they withdrew after complaints from locals about how quickly the clean-up was happening compared to similar vandalism across the c