To the Deputy Prime Minister, who has been in the spotlight over the last week over accusations she avoided tax on one of her properties. Angela Rayner has now given a rather revelatory interview in which she admits that she didn’t pay enough stamp duty on her Hove residence, she has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards and has even considered resigning over the whole affair. Crikey!

Rayner has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards

Speaking to Sky’s Beth Rigby, Rayner admitted that she underpaid stamp duty on her seaside flat in Hove, incorrectly paying the lower rate of tax on the residence after the ‘advice [she] relied upon’ misled her. The Deputy PM could owe as much as £40,000, according to experts.

Rayner’s revelation

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