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Angela Rayner: Key events leading up to Deputy PM’s resignation over tax affairs

Ms Rayner has faced mounting pressure to stand down.

Evening Standard

What is stamp duty and what did Angela Rayner say about her flat purchase?

Housing market experts emphasised the importance of home-buyers taking specialist advice and double-checking paperwork.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner quits after devastating tax scandal verdict sending shockwaves through Parliament

The Deputy Prime Minister, who is also the Housing Secretary, resigned from her post on Friday following growing pressure over the scandal

Evening Standard

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Angela Rayner’s resignation letter in full after she quits as Deputy Prime Minister over stamp duty row

Rayner said the row had taken an ‘unbearable’ toll on her family

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner’s lawyers deny giving her tax advice on flat in fresh blow to deputy PM in stamp duty storm

Firm that handled purchase of her £800,000 Hove flat say 'we did not and never have given tax or trust advice' as Sir Keir Starmer declines to rule out sacking his deputy

Evening Standard

Who could replace Angela Rayner as she resigns over stamp duty row?

Serving as both deputy prime minister and housing secretary, Angela Rayner’s resignation is a major headache for the prime minister. But who are the likely candidates to replace her?

The Independent UK

What is stamp duty, and what has Angela Rayner said about her flat purchase?

Housing market experts emphasised the importance of home-buyers taking specialist advice and double-checking paperwork.

Evening Standard

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What to know about stamp duty and how to avoid falling foul of the rules

Angela Rayner has disclosed she underpaid stamp duty, described by an expert as a ‘confusing mess’

The Independent UK

Starmer backs Rayner after she admits underpaying stamp duty on seaside flat

The Deputy Prime Minister has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner admits she did not pay enough stamp duty on second home

The Deputy Prime Minister, who is also the Housing Secretary, said she had considered resigning over the issue.

Evening Standard

SNP pledge £4.9bn for housing emergency – but activists say 'entire plan undermined'

HOUSING Secretary Mairi McAllan has pledged almost £5 billion over the next five years ...

The National (Scotland)

Are modular homes the solution to London’s temporary housing crisis?

City Hall has approved the rollout of modular homes that can be built in weeks — but are they just a sticking plaster?

Evening Standard

Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

The Independent UK

Social housing not just a 'nice thing to do'

A housing minister says it was a mistake not to promote a major social housing initiative as a significant economic stimulus package.

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Property owners busted living in social housing

Property owners and high-income earners have been caught out living in public housing in a government review of tenancies.

AAP

New railway station to keep 10,000 home target on track

In a decision that "won't be met by universal happiness" the first new train station in a decade will sit next to Australia's most expensive housing market.

AAP

Pause on new regulations to fast track building homes

A pause in new regulations on construction standards will aim to have homes built faster under changes stemming from the productivity roundtable.

Evening Standard

Majority of public back housing and developments in their area – poll

The research found that Labour backers (72%) and young people aged 25-34 (67%) were most likely to be ‘Yimby’ (yes in my backyard).

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Benzinga

Elizabeth Warren Says This Is The Practical Way To Fix America's Cost Of Housing Crisis

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) believes the way to make homes cheaper is to build far more of them and pointed to a new bipartisan package she co-authored that cleared committee towards the end of July 2025.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner warned thousands of new homes at risk of dangerous lead pollution

Exclusive: Thousands of people could be exposed to dangerous lead pollution if a planned housing development goes ahead, a lead refinery has claimed

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner calls on China to explain redacted images in super-embassy plans

Ms Rayner has given Beijing two weeks to explain why parts of its plans for the sprawling new embassy site are blacked out.

The Independent UK

Starmer insists ‘lots of housing’ available for both homeless and asylum seekers

The Prime Minister faced questions about the housing crisis as he appeared before a committee of senior MPs.

Evening Standard

Council tenant made to hand back keys after lying about owning home ‘won in competition'

The tenant was investigated by Kensington and Chelsea Council's anti-fraud squad following a tip-off from the housing team

The Conversation

After a hopeful start, Labor’s affordable housing fund is proving problematic

When the Albanese government announced the A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund in 2023, the news reverberated through the housing sector.

AAP

Red tape and silver bullets: tough task for housing fix

Governments are taking aim at red tape to fix a chronic undersupply of housing in Australia but the industry warns cultural issues will be harder to fix.

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