- Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has left her government job after an investigation into her tax affairs over her purchase of an £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex.
- Ms Rayner referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards Sir Laurie Magnus over the issue earlier this week.
- She admitted to wrongly listing the flat as her primary residence, which resulted in a lower stamp duty payment, and said she was working with lawyers and HMRC to resolve the matter.
- Sir Laurie sent his report into her conduct to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Friday, saying her position in government was untenable.
- Earlier, Ms Rayner’s conveyancing firm, Verrico & Associates, said they were being made "scapegoats" in the furore over the underpaid tax and had acted in “good faith”.
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