5th Sep 2025 12:20
(Alliance News) - UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is expected to leave government following an investigation into her tax affairs by Keir Starmer's independent standards adviser, it is understood.
The prime minister received the report by ethics watchdog Laurie Magnus on Wednesday morning.
The deputy prime minister has faced mounting pressure to stand down over recent days after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on a flat she bought in Hove earlier this year.
Rayner, who is also the Housing secretary, paid GBP40,000 less of the surcharge on the property than she should have, as she claimed it was her main home rather than a second home.
By David Lynch, Nina Lloyd and Sophie Wingate
Press Association: News
source: PA
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