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OPINION - Angela Rayner had to go — and has no one to blame but herself

So, it’s farewell to Angela Rayner, at once the most interesting, the most flammable and the most catastrophically embarrassing member of the Labour front bench. For better and worse, she was a lightning conductor for Sir Keir Starmer. As his Deputy, she did what deputies aren’t supposed to do, namely,…

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner, plain-speaking scourge of the Tories, made herself vulnerable

Northerner whose emotional openness was an electoral asset eventually had to follow advice she had given to Tory rivals and quit

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner resigns as UK deputy prime minister over stamp duty underpayment

In the UK, levies are charged on property purchases, with higher charges due on more expensive homes and second homes.

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What exactly did Angela Rayner do wrong? Stamp duty saga explained

Angela Rayner has stepped down from her position as the UK’s housing secretary and deputy prime minister

Evening Standard

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

UK deputy prime minister resigns over property taxes

The U.K.’s deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has resigned after an independent inquiry found she did not meet ethical standards over a recent home purchase

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.

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St George’s Cross appears on city’s zebra crossings as flags hoisted across country

St George’s Cross flags have been hung on lampposts and painted on zebra crossings in York.

The Independent UK

Richard Tice unable to justify comparison of Starmer to Kim Jong Un

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The Independent UK

Law firm Angela Rayner used to buy £800k flat denies giving tax advice

Angela Rayner's political future is hanging in the balance after the conveyancing firm she used to complete her purchase of her £800,000 flat…

The National (Scotland)

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

Richard Tice stumbles in grilling over Keir Starmer and Kim Jong Un comparison

Richard Tice fumbled his words as he was grilled on why Sir Keir Starmer was like Kim Jong Un after both the deputy Reform UK leader and Nigel Farage compared the UK to North Korea.

The Independent UK

Corbyn-led tribunal accuses UK of complicity in Gaza genocide

Keir Starmer’s government is guilty of aiding Israel war crimes, experts at unofficial inquiry suggest.

Al Jazeera

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

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The Guardian - 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

Inquiry launched into phone ‘planted in Commons to play sex noises’ at PMQs

Met police say they believe device found near frontbench was put there on purpose to disrupt house business

The Independent UK

Farage warns Labour chaos will force Starmer into 2027 general election

The Reform UK leader claimed waning confidence in the economy and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn’s left-wing Your Party will force Labour into an early election

The Independent UK

Cabinet reshuffle live: More changes to Starmer’s top team expected as minister reacts to Farage’s 2027 election claim

Keir Starmer’s major cabinet reshuffle saw a dozen cabinet positions change, including the foreign minister and home secretary

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Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

Fresh twist in stamp duty crisis as Starmer declines to commit to Rayner

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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

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner’s lawyers insist they did not give tax advice blamed for stamp-duty scandal

‘We’re being made scapegoats – we’re not qualified to give advice on trust and tax matters,’ say conveyancers

The Independent UK

Swinney’s independence referendum push is ‘diversion tactic’ – Starmer

The Prime Minister said the First Minister was using the constitution to distract from his record in Government.

The Guardian - UK

Macron says 26 nations ready to provide postwar military backing to Ukraine

French president says allies would either deploy ‘reassurance force’ troops to Ukraine, or be present in the area on land, sea or in the air

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