Ashton-under-Lyne
Americannoun
noun
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The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne said she had been "exonerated" of the accusation that she had "deliberately sought to avoid tax".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those ambitions started to be realised in 2015, when she was elected as the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne - a seat not far from her hometown.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne acknowledged there had been "a battle to pass this bill", but stressed that "its passage will be a historic achievement for this Labour government".
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Ashton-under-Lyne MP Rayner quit as deputy prime minister and housing secretary last month after it emerged she had failed to pay enough tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
What was Preston, or Ashton-under-Lyne to him, more than Kensall Green is to him now?
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Hartley, Marsden
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