Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she does not believe she has broken parliamentary rules over declaring a stay in a New York flat owned by a Labour donor. She told the BBC that Lord Waheed Alli was a friend and the trip had been a "personal holiday" but she had been "transparent" by disclosing her use of the apartment because he had donated to her in the past.

Angela Rayner has denied breaking rules over a holiday she took to New York with an MP friend – saying she was, if anything, ‘overly transparent’ about the trip. The Labour deputy leader travelled to the US city for New Year with then-Ilford South MP Sam Tarry and stayed in accommodation provided by Lord Waheed Alli.

Angela Rayner has denied she broke any rules over the donated use of a New York apartment owned by the Labour donor Lord Alli...

Deputy PM Angela Rayner stayed at the $2.5 million New York apartment owned by Lord Alli over New Year while on a personal getaway, which she registered under Parliament's rules