London: A tax scandal over a property deal has brought down Britain’s deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, in a political upheaval after days of claims that she avoided the full tax bill on a second home on the English coast.

Rayner quit her post as Labour’s deputy leader and housing minister in a shock resignation after mounting political pressure over her position, sparking a crisis for the government as it loses ground in the opinion polls one year after it came to power.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer responded with a sweeping cabinet reshuffle that moved more than a dozen ministers, prompting critics to claim this was proof he had placed the wrong people in key jobs.

The moves came as populist challenger Nigel Farage, the former Brexit advocate who leads the Reform UK party, ra

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