The UK prime minister has backed his deputy after she admitted that she underpaid stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat. Rayner referred herself to the PM’s ethics adviser, with experts estimating the bill could run to as much as an extra £40,000.
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In light of the controversy, the leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, asked Starmer why Rayner was still in office. Starmer said: ‘She has explained her personal circumstances in detail.’ He added that he was proud of Rayner, who ‘has come from a working-class background to be deputy prime minister’
Starmer says he is ‘proud’ of Rayner as he defends deputy PM amid seaside flat controversy – UK politics live ►
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