2 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.

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5 h. ago Angela Rayner’s lawyers deny giving her tax advice on flat in fresh blow to deputy PM in stamp duty storm

Firm that handled purchase of her £800,000 Hove flat say 'we did not and never have given tax or trust advice' as Sir Keir Starmer declines to rule out sacking his deputy

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5 h. ago Conveyancer denies giving tax advice to Angela Rayner over stamp duty row

The conveyancing firm said its lawyers were being made 'scapegoats'

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5 h. ago Angela Rayner's position hangs in the balance as stamp duty row deepens

Deputy PM Angela Rayner's political future hangs in the balance amid an ethics probe into her admission she underpaid stamp duty on the seaside home in Hove

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6 h. ago Writing on the wall for Angela Rayner after vandalism and lawyer denying tax advice

Yobs attack Rayner flat with cruel two word slogan to mark a terrible day for Labour Deputy Prime Minister who has faced increasingly probing questions about the £800,000 flat

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6 h. ago Angela Rayner’s lawyers insist they did not give tax advice blamed for stamp

‘We’re being made scapegoats – we’re not qualified to give advice on trust and tax matters,’ say conveyancers

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7 h. ago Rayner lawyers ‘made scapegoats’ and ‘did not give her tax advice’ on flat at centre of row: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

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7 h. ago Rayner firm denies giving tax advice as PM refuses to say if he would sack her

The conveyancer used by the Deputy Prime Minister to purchase her Hove flat said it did not give advice on trust and tax matters.

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7 h. ago Angela Rayner latest LIVE: Deputy PM's lawyers say they never gave her tax advice on new flat and are 'scapegoats'

Firm that handled purchase of her £800,000 Hove flat say 'we did not and never have given tax or trust advice' after she blamed legal advice for stamp duty 'error'

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7 h. ago Angela Rayner's lawyers insist they did NOT give her tax advice and say they are being 'scapegoated' amid stamp duty furore

The high-street conveyancing firm Angela Rayner used to buy a flat issued a devastating statement saying they had calculated the stamp duty based on the information she provided.

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7 h. ago Angela Rayner latest LIVE: Deputy PM's lawyers say they never gave her tax advice and made 'scapegoats'

Labour colleagues rally to Angela Rayner’s defence as sources suggest her fate could be sealed within days

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer vows 'I will act' in Angela Rayner statement amid stamp duty admission

The Prime Minister has declined to say if he would sack his deputy following an investigation

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8 h. ago Deborah Meaden says Angela Rayner Stamp Duty row is distraction from real issues

Deborah Meaden tells LBC's Tom Swarbrick the Angela Rayner stamp duty furore distracts from the real issues facing the country - and calls on Labour to tax the ultra-wealthy more

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8 h. ago The Labour ministers ousted in scandals as pressure builds on PM to sack Angela Rayner

If Angela Rayner resigns over her stamp duty scandal, she will become the fifth Labour minister to lose their job over allegations of wrongdoing in just over a year

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8 h. ago Pressure mounts on Rayner as Starmer refuses to back her staying in post as tax dodge crisis deepens

Sir Keir condemns 'appalling' graffiti attack outside Ms Rayner’s Hove flat – as the Commons watchdog prepares to give its verdict on whether she broke ministerial code

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9 h. ago 'Angela Rayner's biggest crime is that she's Labour's most powerful weapon'

The claws have been out for Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner since she strode into Downing Street in a mint green trouser suit - a gobby working-class woman with ideas above her station... who just happens to embody everything the Labour Party stands for

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9 h. ago Angela Rayner latest LIVE: Starmer expects result 'quickly' in tax probe as he condemns grafitti outside Hove flat

Labour colleagues rally to Angela Rayner’s defence as sources suggest her fate could be sealed within days

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9 h. ago Spineless Starmer repeatedly REFUSES to say he'll sack Rayner even if ministerial tax probe rules she broke rules when buying seaside flat

Cabinet colleagues of the Deputy Prime Minister suggested she was being unfairly treated for being a successful, working-class Northerner after she admitted underpaying stamp duty by £40,000.

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9 h. ago Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – UK politics live

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner after stamp duty errorKitty Donaldson from the i says Keir Starmer may get the report from his ethics adviser about Angela Rayner tomorrow.NEW: Senior Government sources are playing down reports ministerial watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus could send Sir Keir Starmer his report into Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s tax affairs as soon as today. One Whitehall source said tomorrow is more likely. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Starmer refuses to say he’ll sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

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