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Offensive graffiti sprayed at Deputy PM Angela Rayner's flat

On Thursday, images from PA Wire showed graffiti calling Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner a `tax evader` and displaying `b***` on a white wall outside her Hove, East Sussex flat, with similar daubings on construction chipboard across the road.
In recent weeks, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner faced pressure after reports she saved 40,000 pounds by not paying higher stamp duty on her East Sussex flat; she admitted a `mistake` Wednesday, referred herself to standards adviser Sir Laurie Magnus, and sold her remaining stake to the trust for 160,000 pounds Thursday.
A spokesperson for Sussex Police said the vandalism is treated as criminal damage and enquiries are ongoing, while Brighton and Hove City Council workers initially cleared the graffiti on Thursday but withdrew after complaints before completing the cleanup.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she has `full confidence` in Angela Rayner, while the Conservatives have written to HMRC seeking an investigation into alleged tax evasion.
Ms Rayner has said the trust was established in 2020 after a deeply personal incident involving her son, while local Labour figures urged lawful channels, saying defacing a wall is not one of those ways.

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Angela Rayner has today resigned as Deputy Prime Minister.The Ashton-Under-Lyne MP will also leave her roles as Housing Secretary and Deputy Labour leader.Ms Rayner referred herself for an ethics investigation on Wednesday after admitting that she had not paid enough stamp duty on the purchase of her £800,000 flat in Hove.Ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus said Angela Rayner had “acted with integrity and with a dedicated and exemplary commitment …

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