5 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for future as Deputy PM after £800,000 stamp duty row

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner faces a battle to stay in her role after an £800,000 Hove flat row emerged as your Daily Star offers readers a FREE badge in today's paper (September 4)

Economics

6 h. ago Is Starmer so spineless that he won't sack his Deputy Prime Minister (and Housing Secretary!) who dodged £40,000 in stamp duty?

Kemi Badenoch urged Keir Starmer to grow a 'backbone' and sack his deputy after she finally admitted failing to pay the full stamp duty due on a luxury £800,000 second home in Hove.

Politics

8 h. ago Angela Rayner fights for political survival after property tax admission

Deputy prime minister faces hefty stamp duty bill as she waits for government ethics adviser to rule on affair

Events

11 h. ago Angela Rayner’s full statement after underpaying tax on second home

The Deputy PM revealed she had considered resigning and also confirmed she will pay any unpaid stamp duty requested by HMRC on her £800,000 seaside flat in Hove

Economics

15 h. ago Starmer breaks silence after Rayner admits underpaying stamp duty on £800k Hove flat

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken for the first time since Angela Rayner amitted that she did not pay enough stamp duty on her £800,000 second property in Hove.

Economics

16 h. ago Angela Rayner admits underpaying stamp duty on £800,000 seaside flat

Exclusive: Deputy PM refers herself to ethics adviser as confirmation puts her position under threatRead Rayner’s full statementExplainer: how damaging is the Rayner flat controversy?UK politics live – latest updatesAngela Rayner has admitted that she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat, after coming under intense pressure to be more transparent about her property arrangements.The deputy prime minister has referred herself to the prime minister’s ethics adviser after confirming she will have to pay more of the property tax. She incorrectly paid the lower rate on the flat in Hove, she said. Experts have said the bill could run to as much as an extra £40,000. Continue reading...

Economics

51 h. ago Court order is stopping 'three pads' Rayner from revealing more about house deals, says Downing Street

The Deputy Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to 'come clean' after claims she avoided £40,000 in stamp duty when she purchased a luxury £800,000 apartment in East Sussex.

Economics

61 h. ago PM backs Angela Rayner as deputy faces growing pressure over property portfolio

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

Events

64 h. ago Angela Rayner faces growing pressure over her property portfolio as questions mount

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

Events

5 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rayner row reveals Labour's rotten heart

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rayner saved £40,000 of stamp duty by removing her name from the deeds of her constituency house in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Politics

5 d. ago Conservatives call for ethics probe into Angela Rayner’s tax affairs

The Telegraph newspaper claimed Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, paid £30,000 instead of £70,000 in stamp duty on a second home.

Economics

5 d. ago Phil Spencer: catastrophic rumoured tax reforms would hit ordinary Londoners

Rumours that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering property tax reforms that include scrapping stamp duty, a tax on home sales over £500,000 and collecting capital gains tax (CGT) on homes over £1.5 million when they sell are likely to slow the housing market according to Zoopla.

Events

5 d. ago Angela Rayner 'dodged £40,000 stamp duty payment when buying Hove flat'

The Deputy Prime Minister is believed to have avoided extra stamp duty when she removed her name from the deeds of her property in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency

Economics

5 d. ago Angela Rayner 'is a hypocrite and a freeloader': Tories blast Deputy PM after it emerges she 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have told tax authorities that her £800,000 seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex, was her main place of residence.

Economics

6 d. ago Angela Rayner house row deepens as it emerges deputy PM 'dodged £40,000 in stamp duty' on her new seaside pad

Angela Rayner reportedly took her name off the deeds of her Greater Manchester property only weeks before purchasing an £800,000 coastal flat, the Telegraph has claimed.

Economics

1 week ago We're about to move house and pay £93,000 stamp duty: Should we pull out on rumours tax could be axed?

We're due to exchange on 30 September - so it was extremely stressful to read about a potential overhaul of stamp duty rules in the Autumn Budget in October.

Economics