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British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned amid controversy that she did not pay correct tax on her house. She held the housing portfolio in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet.
Angela Rayner on Friday resigned as the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
Rayner’s resignation has come after the revelation that she could have failed to pay enough stamp duty on a flat she bought in East Sussex. Notably, she held the housing portfolio in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet.
In preliminary remarks about the investigation in the matter, Sir Laurie Magnus, the independent adviser to Starmer on ministerial standards, said he believes the ministerial code to “have been breached” with her actions, according to BBC News.
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Starmer has not yet named a replacement for Rayner.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more details will emerge.
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