0h 56min, sep 5, 2025 y - Rayner Resigns

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The Conservatives have called for an investigation into Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's tax affairs.

The Daily Telegraph reported, external that she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when buying a flat in Hove, East Sussex, after telling tax authorities it was her main home.

Tory Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake has written to the prime minister's independent standards adviser asking him to investigate whether Rayner broke ministerial rules.

There is no suggestion she has broken any laws, but the Tories said this was "inappropriate tax avoidance for a minister subject to higher standards of conduct".

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