US EditionAngela Rayner quits as Deputy Prime Minister after tax controversy
Angela Rayner resigned after admitting a £40,000 stamp duty underpayment due to misclassifying her Hove flat, breaching the ministerial code, triggering an ethics investigation.
- Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary after admitting to underpaying tax on her property purchase in Hove.
- Rayner referred herself to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ethics adviser, acknowledging a breach of the ministerial code.
- Keir Starmer supported Rayner, expressing his pride in working alongside her, despite her resignation.
- She stated that she takes full responsibility for this error and decided to resign to protect her family.
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The British government is going through a new political crisis following the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who left office after acknowledging that she made a fiscal error by failing to pay taxes properly on the purchase of a property.The scandal has shaken the Labour Party and further weakened Keir Starmer's government, which was already facing several internal and external challenges.Rayner, a key figure in the left wing …
UK DPM resigns over tax mistake
British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after saying she deeply regretted her mistake of underpaying property tax on a new home, in a damaging blow for her boss, Prime Minister Keir Starmer. After Britain's independent adviser ruled that she had breached the ministerial code by failing to pay the correct tax, there was little Starmer could do to protect his deputy, saying he was "very sad to be losing you from the governme…
The British head of government, Keir Starmer, in difficulty on many fronts, reworked his executive on Friday, September 5, following the resignation of his deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, who was forced to leave office after a tax error.
Political thunderstorm in London. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner left office after acknowledging a tax error related to the purchase of an apartment. A scandal that still weakens a labour government that is already in trouble in the polls.
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