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Rayner resigns: Legal advice excuse falls flat in tax duty scandal

City A.M. Friday, 5 September 2025 ()
Rayner resigns: Legal advice excuse falls flat in tax duty scandalAngela Rayner threw her lawyers under the bus over her brewing tax scandal, but the lawyers rebutted, citing the “arrows stuck” in their backs, as experts insisted she shouldn’t have hid “behind legal advice”. When it emerged that Rayner had underpaid £40,000 in tax on her £800,000 property in Hove, it prompted calls for her [...]
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News video: Angela Rayner admits she owes tax on former home

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Angela Rayner admits she owes additional tax on her Hove flat, after taking expert legal advice. She says she initially relied on counsel that she was liable for standard stamp duty but later found this was inaccurate due to a family trust. The deputy prime minister has alerted the independent...

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