Keir Starmer comes to Angela Rayner's defence at PMQs

Starmer says ‘of course’ he will act on standards probe into Rayner tax row

Angela Rayner has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks after reports emerged she had saved £40,000 in stamp duty. Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to say if he would sack his deputy Angela Rayner should an investigation conclude she broke the ministerial code, after she admitted underpaying stamp duty on a property purchase this year. The Prime Minister said “of course” he will act on the findings of an ethics investigation conduc…

Keir Starmer comes to Angela Rayner's defence at PMQs

Perhaps we did learn that Starmer is more prepared to be effusive about Rayner than he was about Rachel Reeves earlier in the summer.