On Friday, Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister after a probe into her tax affairs by Sir Laurie Magnus, the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser. In a rather extraordinary scandal, Rayner was investigated after it emerged she had underpaid stamp duty when purchasing a seaside apartment in Hove, East Sussex. Sir Keir Starmer hinted on Thursday that he would move to sack Rayner pending the results of the investigation, but Rayner jumped before she was pushed. Her departure triggered a cabinet reshuffle, while Labour’s NEC will meet at noon today to discuss the timeframe for a deputy leadership election. But as Rayner moves to the backbenches, one big question about the ex-DPM remains: will she take her £17,000 golden goodbye?

The former Labour deputy is due a severance payment of £16

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