Angela Rayner resigned from the government after she concluded that she failed to fulfill the correct stamp duty in the second house and made her position untenable.
Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary resigned on Thursday after Sir Laurie Magnus delivered a report to Sir Keir Starmer. The investigation paid Hove’s property for a £40,000 surcharge. She insisted that she comply with legal advice and paid the right fee, but introduced her own review after a senior lawyer later suggested that the surcharge expired.
Starmer accepted Magnus’s findings and determined that Rayner could not stay in the position, triggering her resignation. The rapid cabinet reorganization is expected to appoint new housing secretaries, while Labor will also begin the process of electing a new deputy leader.
Rayner’s departure has limited a bruised week for the government and faces growing problems with ministerial standards as it prepares for the November 26 budget.
