5 h. ago Who could replace Angela Rayner if she resigns over stamp duty row?

Serving as both deputy prime minister and housing secretary, Angela Rayner’s resignation would cause a serious headache for the prime minister. But who are the likely candidates to replace her?

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5 h. ago Angela Rayner: Why did she not pay enough stamp duty? Who is her son? What is stamp duty?

Deputy First Minister Angela Rayner has made a detailed statement referring to details about her family, in explaining why she didn’t pay enough stamp duty on a second home.

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6 h. ago UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner admits underpaying tax

Labour politician has referred herself to government’s ethics adviser over £800,000 Hove flat

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7 h. 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.

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7 h. ago Starmer defends Rayner over stamp duty controversy as Badenoch calls for her to go

The Prime Minister said he was ‘proud’ to be sat next to Angela Rayner

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8 h. ago Angela Rayner's future in doubt as she admits she should have paid more tax: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest developments as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner admits she didn't pay enough tax on second home

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9 h. ago Angela Rayner admits she didn't pay enough tax on second home and considered resigning

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards after admitting she didn't pay enough tax on a second home

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51 h. ago Keir Starmer backs Angela Rayner after Tory outrage over £800,000 Hove flat

Keir Starmer defended Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, saying she was a 'great story of British success', after the Tories called for a probe into her tax affairs

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53 h. ago Keir Starmer accidentally calls Angela Rayner an ‘incredible prime minister’

Keir Starmer accidentally called Angela Rayner an “incredible prime minister” as he defended his deputy.

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53 h. ago Country should be ‘proud’ Angela Rayner is deputy PM, says Starmer amid flat row

The Prime Minister said it was a ‘mistake’ for people to brief against or talk down Ms Rayner.

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4 d. ago Voices: I am surprised by the cries of ‘Keir must go’: a change of prime minister won’t solve Labour’s problems

As the Conservatives showed so clearly during the later years of their government, if you only change the prime minister without finding solutions to the issues the public cares about, you haven’t solved anything at all, writes John Rentoul

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5 d. ago Angela Rayner LIVE: Latest updates as Kirstie Allsopp and Labour minister weigh in on new stamp duty claims

Follow the Daily Mail's live coverage after claims Angela Rayner dodged shelling out £40,000 on her coastal flat after saying it was her main place of residence to tax authorities.

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8 d. ago Labour's push to bring in new definition of Islamophobia 'risks social unrest'

Plans to come up with a description for the 'unacceptable treatment, prejudice and discrimination against Muslims' were put forward by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.

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8 d. ago Nearly 100,000 homes sped up by drive to cut red tape, ministers claim

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the New Homes Accelerator was ‘breaking down the barriers’ stopping new homes from being built.

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1 week ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Your party doesn't want us to have two homes, let alone three, Angela

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner now has three homes - one in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, an apartment in London's majestic Admiralty House and now a flat in fashionable Hove.

Society

1 week ago Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land

Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has been hit with a legal challenge after she overruled a local council to approve a hyperscale datacentre on green belt land by the M25 in Buckinghamshire.Campaigners bringing the action are complaining that no environmental impact assessment was made for the 90MW datacentre, which was approved as part of the Labour government’s push to turn the UK into an AI powerhouse by trebling computing capacity to meet rising demand amid what it terms “a global race” as AI usage takes off. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Majority of public back housing and developments in their area – poll

The research found that Labour backers (72%) and young people aged 25-34 (67%) were most likely to be ‘Yimby’ (yes in my backyard).

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage blasted by Angela Rayner over plans to axe key law

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says women would be left at risk of revenge porn under Reform UK's plans to scrap new provisions in Online Safety Act

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2 w. ago Rayner claims Reform will ‘fail women’ as she weighs in on online safety row

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded Reform UK explain how it would keep young women safe after it vowed to repeal online safety rules.

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3 w. ago Scottish Secretary Ian Murray gives wealth tax verdict as deputy prime minister Angela Rayner pushes for move

The Scottish Secretary said a tax on the highest income earners would lead to ‘flight’ of wealthier people abroad.

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