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Angela Rayner has faced pressure over a property tax row

Angela Rayner has stepped down following a dispute over underpaying stamp duty on a property. The Deputy Prime Minister, who also serves as Housing Secretary, has found herself embroiled in controversy regarding her new coastal flat in Hove.

She has acknowledged underpaying £40,000 of stamp duty on the apartment purchased earlier this year, with an inquiry today determining she breached the ministerial code.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had previously stated "of course" he would respond to the findings of an ethics investigation carried out by his independent standards adviser into his deputy's tax matters. Speaking to the BBC, he remarked: "There's a clear procedure. I strengthened that procedure. I am expecting a result

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