Ian Murray has been sacked from his position as Scottish secretary amid a cabinet reshuffle.

The Edinburgh South MP was appointed to the position in July 2024, following the Labour party’s landslide victory in the General Election.

The reshuffle of Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet follows the resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner on Friday morning.

Rayner, who was also housing secretary, stood down after admitting that she underpaid stamp duty on the £800,000 flat she bought in Hove earlier this year.

She said she “deeply regretted” the decision to not seek “additional specialist tax advice” over stamp duty on the property, stressing it was never her intention “to do anything other than pay the right amount” as she resigned.

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