6 h. ago KEMI BADENOCH: Rayner tried to dodge £40,000 in stamp duty as she plotted to hammer you and your home with more tax. The hypocrisy of it...

For weeks Labour ministers claimed that Angela Rayner had done nothing wrong. The Prime Minister defended her and refused to sack her.

Economics

52 h. ago Rayner’s job in jeopardy as ministerial rules breach verdict looms

The Deputy Prime Minister referred herself to the ethics watchdog after admitting an underpayment of stamp duty on a flat purchase.

Politics

64 h. ago John Swinney defends Nicola Sturgeon's tax arrangements after claims of hypocrisy

The former first minister set up a personal company to handle her non-MSP earnings

Politics

3 d. ago Fury at Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader is accused of giving Angela Rayner 'an easy ride' over tax admission

Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of the exchanges, but used the rest of her questions to tackle the PM over the economy.

Politics

3 d. ago Angela Rayner battles for political future after tax bill admission

The Deputy Prime Minister has referred herself to both the Government’s independent ethics adviser and to HMRC.

Events

3 d. ago Tories call for HMRC to open investigation into Angela Rayner over stamp duty

Ms Rayner’s explanation that she was given inaccurate legal advice ‘cannot withstand scrutiny’, Tory chairman Kevin Hollinrake said.

Events

3 d. 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

3 d. ago Now even Labour MPs turn on their 'Red Queen' Angela Rayner as she faces HMRC probe and calls grow for Keir Starmer to sack her for tax 'hypocrisy'

The Deputy Prime Minister is under pressure to resign - if she's not sacked by Sir Keir Starmer - over the mishandling of her purchase of a £800,000 apartment in Hove, East Sussex.

Politics

3 d. ago Tory anger as Kemi Badenoch 'misses open goal' and fails to make under

Mrs Badenoch urged Sir Keir Starmer to show 'backbone' and sack his deputy at the start of Prime Minister's Questions. But she used the rest of her questions on the economy.

Events

3 d. ago Starmer ‘too arrogant’ to admit he’s got things wrong, Badenoch tells Commons

The Conservative leader pressed the Prime Minister on borrowing costs, unemployment, and future tax rises, at PMQs.

Politics

4 d. ago Devolution bill is ‘biggest transfer of power in a generation’, Rayner tells MPs

Deputy Prime Minister says new unitary authorities will get planning, housing and transport powers devolved to them.

Politics

8 d. ago 'Labour hypocrisy on full show': How Angela Rayner attacked 'tax dodgers' before SHE was accused of 'escaping £40k in stamp duty' on seaside pad

The Labour deputy leader has repeatedly hit out at 'tax dodgers' during her years as an MP in the House of Commons.

Economics

8 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

8 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

9 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