Angela Rayner asks deputy PM Oliver Dowden why hundreds of thousands of pounds is being spent on legal action
Angela Rayner has accused the Conservatives of spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on “loophole lawyers” in an attempt to obstruct the Covid inquiry.
The deputy Labour leader stepped in for Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions while Oliver Dowden covered for Rishi Sunak, who is in Washington for talks with the US president, Joe Biden.
