{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/6619258c379c4700175febdd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Angela Rayner investigation: scandal or smear campaign?","description":"<p>Angela Rayner, the Labour deputy leader, is being accused of being a ‘tax avoider’. While these attacks are coming predominantly from the right, they’ve been mounting in recent weeks and now Labour is having to confront the allegations.</p><p><br></p><p>So what could this mean for the deputy leader? Is Labour in trouble? Or is this a Tory smear campaign?</p><p><br></p><p>Anoosh Chakelian, Britain editor at the New Statesman, is joined in the studio by political correspondent Freddie Hayward; this episode was recorded on Thursday 11th April.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the pieces mentioned in this podcast: <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/04/is-angela-rayner-in-danger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Is Angela Rayner in danger?</a>; <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2022/07/dominic-raab-conservative-angela-rayner-glyndebourne\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What Dominic Raab missed about Angela Rayner at Glyndebourne</a>; <a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/04/i-looked-into-angela-rayners-tax-affairs-heres-what-i-found\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I looked into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs – here’s what I found</a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}