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Angela Rayner has let down her party – and the voters

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Labour was elected on a promise that it would ‘end the sleaze’ – this administration can ill afford any further damage to its reputation for probity

The Independent UK

Starmer Shakes Up Top Team After Deputy Rayner Quits

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer overhauled his ministerial team Friday in a bid to reset his embattled government after deputy premier Angela Rayner resigned for underpaying a property tax.

International Business Times

The rise and fall of Angela Rayner: from council estate to the halls of power

She escaped poverty to become a leading light of the Labour party, only to be brought down over a property tax payment scandal

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David Lammy named UK deputy prime minister amid Labour Party turmoil

Lammy appointment follows resignation of left-wing champion Angela Rayner, who stepped down over a tax scandal.

Al Jazeera

Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty row

Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging to prime minister who had initially stood by her

The Guardian - UK

What will Angela Rayner’s resignation mean for Keir Starmer’s government? Expert Q&A

Angela Rayner has resigned as the UK’s deputy prime minister after a report found she had breached the ministerial code by not paying enough stamp duty on her second home.

The Conversation

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

Ms Rayner has faced mounting pressure to stand down.

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Angela Rayner’s resignation letter in full as she steps down over tax row

She describes serving at the highest level of government as ‘the honour of my life’

The Independent UK

Here's why Angela Rayner has left her Government roles amid tax row

DEPUTY Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned from Government after a row broke out over her tax affairs.

The National (Scotland)

Angela Rayner quits Government after standards probe into tax affairs

The Prime Minister received the report by ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard

Voices: Angela Rayner’s departure is a lose-lose for Labour

COMMENT: The resignation of the deputy prime minister will now prolong Keir Starmer’s agonies – while Nigel Farage’s grin will only grow wider, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner faces crunch moment as ethics probe set to report on tax row

One minister said it would be a ‘good thing’ for the Government if the probe concluded quickly.

The Independent UK

Lammy made deputy PM with Cooper as foreign secretary and Mahmood at Home Office – as it happened

Starmer reshapes his senior team after Angela Rayner steps down over stamp duty row

The Guardian - UK

Judgement day for Angela Rayner? Deputy PM's political future hanging by thread as tax rules breach verdict looms

Sir Keir Starmer said he would ‘of course’ act on the findings of Sir Laurie Magnus's probe into his deputy’s tax affairs

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Rayner’s job in jeopardy as ministerial rules breach verdict looms

The Deputy Prime Minister referred herself to the ethics watchdog after admitting an underpayment of stamp duty on a flat purchase.

The Independent UK

It is time for Angela Rayner to be moved on

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The deputy prime minister has had too many property tangles for her to continue in the role of housing secretary. In a forthcoming ministerial reshuffle, she should expect to lose that portfolio – though not necessarily suffer a humiliating demotion

The Independent UK

Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens

Starmer has repeatedly declined to say whether he would sack Rayner, his deputy, if his independent ethics watchdog rules against her

The Guardian - UK

Rayner’s future in balance as firm used to buy flat in stamp duty row says it did not offer tax advice

Report from prime minister’s standards adviser, Laurie Magnus, is due today

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The Independent UK

Why has Angela Rayner resigned? The key takeaways after tax scandal investigation

The deputy prime minister may have saved as much as £40,000 in tax

The Independent UK

Voices: Have Labour’s big guns started to turn on Angela Rayner?

COMMENT: By offering only lukewarm and limited support to the deputy prime minister, cabinet colleagues could be accused of giving her a little nudge along the gangplank towards the drop, says John Rentoul

The Guardian - UK

Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – as it happened

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner’s hypocrisy has left her future hanging by a thread

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Whatever her excuse for failing to pay the right amount of stamp duty on her second home, the deputy prime minister’s conduct has been disappointing and damaging to the government

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner barred by court order from revealing tax details, says No 10

Deputy PM, under scrutiny over flat purchase, ‘restricted from providing further information’, says Downing Street

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner unable to explain housing arrangements ‘due to court order’, Downing Street says

It comes amid continued criticism of the deputy prime minister’s purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove

The Independent UK

Country should be ‘proud’ Angela Rayner is deputy PM, says Starmer amid flat row

The Prime Minister said it was a ‘mistake’ for people to brief against or talk down Ms Rayner.

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