Angela Rayner has resigned from Government after Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on a seaside flat.
Sir Laurie Magnus said the outgoing deputy prime minister had “acted with integrity”, but failed to “heed the caution” contained within legal advice she received when buying the £800,000 property in Hove.
The resignation marks a major blow for the Prime Minister and it is understood a wider reshuffle will now take place later on Friday.
Ms Rayner had referred herself to the standards watchdog for investigation after she admitted she had paid £40,000 less surcharge than she should have done on the purchase in May.
She said she made a mistake based on legal advice she received at the time, before consulting a leading counsel, who found she was liable to pay a higher stamp duty rate, following headlines about her tax affairs.
Angela Rayner is the 11th person to leave the Labour Government since the general election in July 2024.
Here is the full list:
1. Louise Haigh (November 28 2024). Resigned as transport secretary after failing to correct police records in 2013 regarding a stolen mobile phone.
2. Tulip Siddiq (January 14 2025). Resigned as economic secretary to the Treasury after an investigation by the independent adviser on ministerial standards.
3. Andrew Gwynne (February 8 2025). Sacked from job as under-secretary of state for public health and prevention for comments in a WhatsApp group.
4. Lord Cryer (February 14 2025). Resigned as government whip in the House of Lords due to personal reasons.
5. Annalise Dodds (February 28 2025). Resigned as international development minister and minister for women over cuts to the international aid budget.
6. Lord Hunt (May 22 2025). Retired after holding post of minister of state in Department for Energy Security.
7. Baroness Curran (June 6 2025). Resigned as minister of state in Department for Energy Security due to ill health.
8. Vicky Foxcroft (June 19 2025). Resigned as government whip in the House of Commons over proposed cuts to disability benefits.
9. Lord Moraes (July 22 2025). Resigned as government whip in the House of Lords due to personal reasons.
10. Rushanara Ali (August 7 2025). Resigned as homelessness minister in Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government after allegations she increased rent on a property she owned.
11. Angela Rayner (September 5 2025). Resigned as housing secretary and deputy prime minister after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on a flat.
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