Angela Rayner's Seaside Flat Vandalised as Political Tensions Escalate Amid Stamp Duty Tax Row
Angela Rayner admitted underpaying £40,000 in stamp duty on her £800,000 Hove flat due to incorrect legal advice and has referred herself to the ethics watchdog.
- Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's £800,000 seaside flat in Hove was vandalised overnight with graffiti calling her a 'Tax Evader'.
- The vandalism followed Rayner's admission on Wednesday that she underpaid stamp duty after receiving inaccurate legal advice on the property's tax liability.
- Rayner explained she had sought multiple legal opinions before buying the flat and that a court-instructed trust was set up in 2020 for her disabled son Charlie, born prematurely.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves expressed strong support for Rayner, who is cooperating with HMRC to settle any outstanding tax liabilities and has voluntarily contacted the Prime Minister’s independent advisor on ministerial standards.
- The incident intensified scrutiny of Rayner’s political future and prompted condemnations of the vandalism as unjustifiable harassment towards her and her neighbours.
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Why has Sir Keir Starmer been so keen to defend Angela Rayner? After all, he hasn’t always bothered to row in behind embattled colleagues, most notably leaving Rachel Reeves to weep openly on the front bench during Prime Minister’s Questions. But in Rayner’s case, Starmer was busy defending her over the way she handled the row about her stamp duty bill on Monday – even though he knew she was still waiting for legal advice – and then again in the…
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