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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Angela Rayner 'cleared' in HMRC tax dodge investigation paving way for Labour leadership run

Angela Rayner has said she has been cleared in an investigation into whether she deliberately dodged tax, paving the way for a potential leadership bid amid uncertainty over the Primer Minister’s future.

The former housing secretary and deputy PM told the Guardian that the probe into her underpayment of stamp duty on her new flat in Hove, which led to her departure from Government, had “clipped her wings”.

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