Starmer ‘determined’ to save Angela Rayner amid tax dodge probe
PM determined to save Angela Rayner as critics call for ‘scalp’ over property tax
- Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, has admitted to underpaying £40,000 in stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.
- She has referred herself to the prime minister’s independent ethics adviser for an investigation into the property purchase.
- The prime minister is reportedly determined to save Ms Rayner, vowing not to hand a “scalp” to his critics, though her fate depends on the ethics probe's outcome.
- Ms Rayner stated she relied on incorrect legal advice for the underpayment, denying it was a “tax dodge” and expressing devastation over the situation.
- While Sir Keir Starmer has publicly backed Ms Rayner, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has called for her to be sacked.