Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party after being found in breach of the ministerial code.
This comes as an inquiry led by ethics watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus, after the now-former deputy prime minister admitted to underpaying stamp duty on her second home in Hove.
The purchase of her seaside flat in Hove, which cost around £800,000, led to an underpayment in tax of some £40,000 following poor advice, an error she said she “deeply regretted”.
Sir Keir Starmer had been cagey about whether he would sack his deputy PM and housing secretary if she was found to be in breach in the ministerial code.
Rayner’s exit marks the end of a torrid first week of Starmer’s “phase two” reset of government, that started with a shake up of the Treasury.
This will open up an election for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, just weeks ahead of the party’s annual conference in Liverpool.
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