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Angela Rayner eyes clear run as tax saga will end ‘within weeks’
HMRC is expected to finish its review soon, and a settlement could remove a key barrier to a possible Labour leadership bid.
- Angela Rayner, the 46-year-old former housing secretary, is nearing a resolution to her long-running HMRC tax dispute, potentially clearing a path for a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- HMRC is investigating Rayner after she admitted to underpaying stamp duty on an £800,000 property in Hove, East Sussex, paying £30,000 instead of the £70,000 owed due to poor tax advice regarding her Ashton-under-Lyne home.
- The scandal forced Rayner out of Starmer's Cabinet last year, creating a significant political obstacle; some MPs view her as a favorite to challenge Starmer, while Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham still lacks a Commons seat.
- Settling the dispute before the local elections on 7 May could allow Rayner a clear run at a leadership challenge; sources close to her expect the matter resolved "sooner rather than later."
- Some Cabinet members are considering ousting Starmer, citing his handling of the Mandelson scandal and No10's perceived inability to avert successive crises as reasons to revive Labour's electoral prospects.
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