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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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.
UK: Deputy PM Rayner resigns amid property tax scandal
Angela Rayner turned in her resignation on Friday as British Deputy Prime Minister, housing minister, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Her decision was prompted by a scandal over unpaid property taxes on an apartment in Hove on England’s southern coast.
Labour Deputy Leader Resigns Over Home Tax Scandal
Angela Rayner has resigned as UK Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Secretary and Deputy Labour leader following mounting pressure over her tax affairs. The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne admitted she had underpaid stamp duty on the purchase of her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex. On Wednesday, she referred herself to an ethics investigation, acknowledging: “I deeply regret my decision to not seek additional specialist tax advice.” She added that she …
The first major crisis in the British Prime Minister’s Cabinet, Keir Starmer, was triggered this Friday with the resignation of Angela Rayner, a key figure in contemporary Labour and until this day Deputy Prime Minister, Housing Holder and Number Two of the Party, following the conclusion of an independent investigation which determined that although she acted in good faith, she had not met ministerial standards following a tax error related to …
Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister of the British government and the ruling Labour Party, resigned on Friday. The reason was the decision of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, that she had broken the ministerial code by paying less tax on her apartment than she should have. Rayner held the position of minister for housing, communities and local government in the government. According to sources in the Prime Mi…
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