Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, resigned on Friday after an inquiry found she breached the ministerial code by underpaying tax on a property purchase, dealing a major setback to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Rayner, a prominent figure on Labour’s left, admitted earlier this week that she had underpaid tax on a flat purchase and referred herself to the government’s independent ethics adviser.
In a letter to Starmer, ethics chief Laurie Magnus concluded that Rayner had ignored legal advice warning of potential risks and therefore violated the ministerial code.
“Given the findings, and the impact on my family, I have therefore decided to resign,” Rayner said in her resignation letter, confirming she would also step down as Housing Minister and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
