UK deputy prime minister resigns after inquiry into her tax payment on home purchase
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UK: Deputy PM Rayner resigns amid property tax scandal
Angela Rayner turned in her resignation on Friday as British Deputy Prime Minister, housing minister, and deputy leader of the Labour Party. Her decision was prompted by a scandal over unpaid property taxes on an apartment in Hove on England’s southern coast.
Farage falsely accuses Rayner of avoiding paying council tax after deputy PM resigns
Nigel Farage mistakenly said Angela Rayner had avoided paying £40,000 in council tax after the deputy prime minister resigned on Friday, 5 September. Ms Rayner quit after ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found that she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex. She had faced mounting pressure to stand down over recent days after admitting she had neglected to pay stamp duty by…
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