Angela Rayner resignation RECAP: Starmer reshuffles cabinet after Rayner resigns over underpaying stamp duty
The Deputy Prime Minister has faced mounting pressure to stand down after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on a flat she bought in Hove
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has stood down from government after facing scrutiny for underpaying stamp duty on a new home.
As she resigned, she told the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a letter that “I deeply regret my decision to not seek additional specialist tax advice” and took “full responsibility for this error”.
This comes after Ms Rayner admitted on Wednesday that she had considered resigning after having been found not to have paid enough stamp duty over her purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.
Ms Rayner has said she learned the initial tax advice received had been inaccurate and that she was liable to pay additional stamp duty. That is because she had put her stake in her constituency home in Ashton into a trust set up in 2020 for her disabled son.
She had referred herself to the standards watchdog for investigation after she admitted she had paid £40,000 less surcharge than she should have done when buying the £800,000 property in Hove.
Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards Sir Laurie Magnus concluded in his report that Ms Rayner had breached the ministerial code.
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