Starmer reshuffling cabinet after Rayner resigns over failure to pay enough tax on flat
BBC NEWS
05/09/25
Summary
Keir Starmer is reshuffling his cabinet after Angela Rayner resigns as deputy prime minister over failing to pay enough tax on a flat in Hove, East Sussex
She also resigns as housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party
Rayner, who is the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, referred herself to the PM’s ethics adviser earlier this week, after admitting underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat
In her resignation letter, she says she takes “full responsibility” for the “error” of not seeking further tax advice on the purchase
The ethics report finds Rayner breached the ministerial code and “did not heed the caution” in legal advice she received
Keir Starmer tells Rayner in a letter he’s “very sad” that her time in government has ended but she will remain “a major figure” in the party
This is devastating for Rayner – with pretty devastating implications for the PM too, our chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman
is reshuffling his cabinet after Angela Rayner resigns as deputy prime minister over failing to pay enough tax on a flat in Hove, East Sussex
She also resigns as housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party
Rayner, who is the MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, referred herself to the PM’s ethics adviser earlier this week, after admitting underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat
In her resignation letter, she says she takes “full responsibility” for the “error” of not seeking further tax advice on the purchase
The ethics report finds Rayner breached the ministerial code and “did not heed the caution” in legal advice she received
Keir Starmer tells Rayner in a letter he’s “very sad” that her time in government has ended but she will remain “a major figure” in the party
This is devastating for Rayner – with pretty devastating implications for the PM too, our chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman