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The Latest Breaking News on Rayner’s job in jeopardy as ministerial rules breach verdict looms

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.

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner’s lawyers insist they did not give tax advice blamed for stamp-duty scandal

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

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Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK and declares ‘Tory party is dead’

Nadine Dorries described the decision as ‘the most difficult I’ve ever had to make’

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party

The former Tory Cabinet minister said the Tory Party is “dead”.

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform declaring: 'The Tory Party is dead'

Former culture secretary becomes highest-profile Conservative defector to Nigel Farage’s party on eve of its national conference

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer may be the judge of Angela Rayner’s fate – but the public is the jury

If there is any ambiguity over the verdict, then the deputy prime minister’s future will depend on voters’ feelings towards her, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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It is time for Angela Rayner to be moved on

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The deputy prime minister has had too many property tangles for her to continue in the role of housing secretary. In a forthcoming ministerial reshuffle, she should expect to lose that portfolio – though not necessarily suffer a humiliating demotion

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

Starmer has repeatedly declined to say whether he would sack Rayner, his deputy, if his independent ethics watchdog rules against her

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform, saying Conservative party ‘is dead’

Former cabinet minister’s move on eve of Reform conference is further boost for party that took almost £1m in donations from ex-Tory donors

The Guardian - UK

‘She should get sacked’: constituents vent anger in Rayner stamp duty row

In Ashton-under-Lyne there is little sympathy for the deputy prime minister’s tax troubles

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row

Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘The judge in this case will be HMRC’: Readers react as Angela Rayner admits tax mistake

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over the deputy prime minister’s tax error. While some have insisted she knew what she was doing and should resign, others have defended her for relying on professional advice and correcting the mistake

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Keir Starmer dodges Scottish press on trip to Glasgow

KEIR Starmer has been panned for dodging the press on a trip to Scotland.

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