UK politics
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1 day agoAngela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat
Angela Rayner resigned as housing secretary, deputy prime minister and deputy Labour leader after admitting she underpaid stamp duty on her Hove flat.
Angela Rayner used a small, high-street conveyancing firm for the purchase of the 800,000 Hove flat at the centre of a damaging tax row, the Guardian has learned. The deputy prime minister employed Verrico & Associates, a family firm based in Herne Bay, Kent, to complete the transaction, according to legal documents seen by the Guardian. Rayner has said she asked for legal advice before buying the flat