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David Lammy named UK deputy prime minister amid Labour Party turmoil

David Lammy greets Angela Rayner days before her resignation as deputy prime minister [Toby Melville/Reuters]

United Kingdom foreign minister David Lammy has been appointed as the country’s new deputy prime minister, replacing Angela Rayner after she resigned amid a tax scandal.

Rayner’s resignation on Friday for breaching ministerial code after underpaying tax on her flat prompted a major cabinet reshuffle, with Lammy’s elevation to deputy prime minister among a raft of new appointments.

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