#angela-rayner

#angela-rayner

Starmer's former number two and housing secretary has been quietly loyal since she resigned as a minister nearly five months ago after what she said was the inadvertent underpayment of stamp duty on a flat in Hove. Rayner has resurfaced on occasions to try to nudge policy in areas she views as her legacies, notably by holding ministerial feet to the fire on workers' rights legislation, and through some lobbying on the just-announced reforms to the leasehold system.

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But there will not be an early election, Jones said. Asked about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's suggestion that Rayner's resignation would open up internal Labour splits and prompt a general election as early as 2027, the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster told Sky News: Nigel Farage is wrong there. The Labour party is not going to split and there won't be an early election.

Nigel Farage said he thinks there is "every chance now of a general election happening in 2027" as he addressed Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham shortly after Angela Rayner resigned on Friday, 5 September. The Reform leader warned of a big rift in Labour and told attendees in a keynote speech: Before long, there'll be Labour MPs that reckon they've got a better chance on the Jeremy Corbyn sectarian ticket

As you know, on Wednesday I referred myself to your independent adviser on ministerial standards, Sir Laurie Magnus, to conduct a thorough investigation into my personal financial circumstances after I became aware that it is likely I inadvertently paid the incorrect rate for stamp duty land tax (SDLT). I have always taken my responsibilities as deputy prime minister, secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, as well as a member of parliament with the utmost seriousness.

It feels like crunch time for Angela Rayner. Plenty of folk at Westminster reckon today is the day her fate will be determined. The prime minister told me yesterday he expected the investigation by the independent adviser on ministerial standards to be quick and he thought that was a good thing. That suggests Sir Keir won't prevaricate in offering his own judgement about Sir Laurie Magnus's findings once he himself has them.

Angela Rayner used a small, high-street conveyancing firm for the purchase of the 800,000 Hove flat at the centre of a damaging tax row, the Guardian has learned. The deputy prime minister employed Verrico & Associates, a family firm based in Herne Bay, Kent, to complete the transaction, according to legal documents seen by the Guardian. Rayner has said she asked for legal advice before buying the flat

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

The Tories, including Cleverly, have accused the deputy prime minister of hypocrisy, pointing to her role in pushing through those tax rules and demanding clarity over whether she had been paying the premium and whether she claimed a single-person discount on her Admiralty House flat, the property that came with her ministerial position at the beginning of this year.

Angela Rayner has called for the right to stop working during heatwaves, urging the government to introduce guidance on safe working temperatures to protect employees.