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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Angela Rayner quits Government after standards probe into tax affairs

Angela Rayner has resigned from Government following an investigation into her tax affairs by Sir Keir Starmer’s independent standards adviser.

Sir Laurie Magnus said Ms Rayner had “acted with integrity and with a dedicated and exemplary commitment to public service” but concluded she breached the ministerial code after she underpaid stamp duty on her seaside flat.

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