"Sir Keir Starmer has said the "hugely talented" Angela Rayner will make a return to the cabinet, following her resignation over a tax scandal. The former deputy prime minister quit in September, after it emerged she had failed to pay the correct amount of stamp duty on a 800,000 flat in Hove. An investigation found she had "acted with integrity," but her failure to get the correct tax advice on the purchase fell short of ministerial standards."
"Sir Keir added that Rayner, who grew up in poverty and left school at 16, was "the best social mobility story this country has ever seen". Asked whether he missed her, he was quoted as saying: "Yes, of course I do. I was really sad that we lost her." Pressed on whether she would be back in the cabinet, he replied: "Yes. She's hugely talented.""
Angela Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister in September after failing to pay the correct stamp duty on an 800,000 flat in Hove. An investigation concluded she had "acted with integrity" but had fallen short of ministerial standards for failing to obtain proper tax advice. Sir Keir Starmer described Rayner as "hugely talented", a "major voice in the Labour movement", and "the best social mobility story this country has ever seen", and said he missed her and expected her to return to the cabinet. Rayner has been replaced as deputy Labour leader by Lucy Powell and has largely stayed out of the political limelight, withdrawing a proposed amendment to the employment rights bill.
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