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D-Day for Angela Rayner? PM 'Prepared to Sack' Deputy as Tax Verdict Looms
Sir Keir Starmer awaits an ethics report on Angela Rayner's underpayment of £40,000 in stamp duty before deciding her political future amid concerns of party instability.
- Angela Rayner is expected to resign after an ethics investigation into her tax affairs concluded today.
- The Prime Minister has not confirmed if he will fire Rayner pending the full report from the ethics adviser.
- Rayner admitted to underpaying £40,000 in stamp duty on her seaside flat, which led to accusations of tax evasion.
- Graffiti calling Rayner a 'tax evader' appeared outside her apartment in Hove, reflecting public backlash after she admitted underpaying stamp duty.
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She was considered to be close to the people and merciless in ethical matters. Now the British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner himself stumbled over a scandal
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Read Full ArticleRayner to leave Government after standards probe into tax affairs
The Prime Minister received the report by ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus on Wednesday morning. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is expected to leave Government following an investigation into her tax affairs by Sir Keir Starmer’s independent standards adviser, it is understood. The Prime Minister received the report by ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus on Wednesday morning. The Deputy Prime Minister has faced mounting pressure to stand dow…
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