Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigns after stamp duty underpayment

Angela Rayner has resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary following a controversy over underpaid stamp duty on her Hove flat, which she admitted to regretting. The ethics watchdog concluded she breached the ministerial code, and the scrutiny over her family’s situation became unbearable, prompting her departure amidst rising tensions within the Labour Party.

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