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Angela Rayner resigns as UK Deputy PM after stamp duty error triggers ethics rebuke

Angela Rayner resigns as UK Deputy PM after stamp duty error triggers ethics rebuke

Angela Rayner quit as UK Deputy Prime Minister after an inquiry found she failed to meet ministerial ethics over a stamp duty mistake on a Hove flat. She apologized and referred herself to the standards adviser, who said she acted in good faith but should have sought clearer tax advice. Keir Starmer accepted her resignation with regret. David Lammy takes on the Deputy PM role amid a wider political backlash.

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