British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after she admitted underpaying property tax on a new home, in a fresh blow for the country's leader Keir Starmer.

Ms Rayner, 45, is the eighth, and the most senior, ministerial exit, and the most damaging yet after Mr Starmer offered her his full support when she was first accused of deliberately trying to avoid paying the correct tax rate.

"I deeply regret my decision to not seek additional specialist tax advice… I take full responsibility for this error," Mr Rayner said in her letter to Mr Starmer.

UK deputy PM admits $80,000 tax underpayment Photo shows Angela Rayner getting out of a car in Number 10 Downing Street.

Angela Rayner, who is considered one of the potential successors to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, says s

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