Rayner to leave UK government after standards probe into tax affairs

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UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is expected to leave government following an investigation into her tax affairs by Keir Starmer’s independent standards adviser, it is understood.

The prime minister received the report by ethics watchdog Laurie Magnus on Wednesday morning.

The deputy prime minister has faced mounting pressure to stand down over recent days after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on a flat she bought in Hove earlier this year.

Rayner, who is also the Housing secretary, paid £40,000 less of the surcharge on the property than she should have, as she claimed it was her main home rather than a second home.

By David Lynch, Nina Lloyd and Sophie Wingate

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