Another one bites the dust.
Unpopular British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that he will oust his Deputy, Angela Rayner if it’s found that she has broken the ministerial code.
The Telegraph reported:
“The Prime Minister vowed to ‘act on whatever the report is’ into Ms. Rayner’s tax affairs – but refused five times to guarantee her dismissal.
The Deputy Prime Minister is being investigated by the ethics watchdog after admitting she failed to pay a £40,000 tax bill on the purchase of her seaside holiday home.”
Starmer and Rayner shame our country. pic.twitter.com/5nS32kDNQJ
— Priti Patel MP (@pritipatel) September 4, 2025
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has condemned in the “strongest possible terms” vandalism at Angela Rayner’s seaside flat in Hove, Downing Street has said. pic.twitter.com/U0eFfOyyed
— Talk (@TalkTV) September 4, 2025
❗️HYPOCRISY ALERT❗️
LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO, STARMER TELLS THE CHAMBER THAT ANY MP WHO AVOIDS PAYING TAX IS NOT FIT TO BE IN CHARGE OF TAXPAYER’S MONEY!
WITH RAYNER SITTING RIGHT BESIDE HIM!
— Reform UK GRASSROOTS (@ActionBrexit) August 31, 2025
When asked if he would sack Rayner if she broke the code, Starmer was evasive:
“’Well, Angela Rayner has referred herself to the independent adviser [Sir Laurie Magnus]. ‘My experience is he will be comprehensive in the report that he gives me. He will be quick, and that’s what I’m expecting. And so, I want to let that process take its course’.”
In the meantime, Rayner’s lawyers have come public to say they did NOT give her tax advice.
They claim they are being made ‘scapegoats’.
“The conveyancing firm that handled the purchase of her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex, insisted it had done nothing wrong.
The comments are a major blow to the Deputy Prime Minister, who has blamed ‘legal advice that I received’ for her failure to pay a £40,000 stamp duty bill on the purchase of her seaside holiday home.
Verrico & Associates, a family company based in Herne Bay, Kent, confirmed that it had advised her on the purchase of the flat.
Joanna Verrico, the managing director, told The Telegraph: ‘We acted for Ms Rayner when she purchased the flat in Hove. We did not and never have given tax or trust advice. It’s something we always refer our clients to an accountant or tax expert for’.”
Read more:
UK’s Starmer Under Pressure to Fire Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner for Dodging Taxes on Her Second Home
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