Why has Angela Rayner resigned? The key takeaways after tax scandal investigation
Angela Rayner resigned from the government after it was revealed that she received a low wage Stamp tax in a coastal room that violates the ministry code.
Ms. Rayner watched the adoption, assembly pressure and media reports, and East Sussex claimed to save $ 40,000 for the property in Hove.
His resignation is watching the findings of Sir Laurie Magnus, the ethics advisor of the ministerial ethics, on Wednesday.
Sir Laurie Magnus said the outgoing Deputy Prime Minister was “acting with integrity”, but “he could not” pay attention “in the legal advice he received when he was buying an £ 800,000 in Hove.
In his resignation letter, the former Prime Minister wrote: ım For a long time, I believed that people who have served the British people in the government should always observe the highest standards.
“Even though the independent consultant concluded that I act with good faith and honesty and honesty, I accept that I do not meet the highest standards for my last property purchase.”
Here, Independent Explains the problem and how it leads to the resignation of one of the best figures in British politics:
What are the rules related to stamp tax?
For those who bought their first homes or move from one to another, the stamp tax is often quite simple. In the purchase process, there are several rates ranging from zero to 12 percent depending on its value.
When it comes to second houses, the rules can be more complex. The threshold to be paid to the standard rates is reduced and there is also an additional fee of 5 percent that can rise with value.
It is between 40,000 £ 125,000 and the additional wage rate is 5 percent. This rises to maximum 17 percent of properties above £ 1.5 million.
Why didn’t Rayner pay enough tax to his Hove Flat?
Ms. Rayner, after the silence, confessed to the wrong listing of the apartment on Wednesday, directed the ethics of the ministry to the consultant.
In May, he bought an £ 800,000 property on Hove, while paying the standard stamp tax rate, estimated to be £ 30,000. However, the higher ratio for the second houses would earn up to £ 70,000.
The former Prime Minister explained: “When buying the property, my understanding of advice from lawyers was that my conditions mean that I was responsible for the standard stamp tax rate.”
He says he did it because he made his shares in the election area in Manchester in the Great a confidence in which his son was beneficial.
Later, for a new deposit, Ms. Rayner announced that she had purchased Hove Flat using the £ 162,500 bulk by selling her shares in the Ashton house at the Ashton house. Initially, he claims to be responsible for the standard stamp tax rate based on legal advice.
However, although Mrs. Rayner later did not have any other property during the purchase, it was recommended that “complex provisions related to trust lead to additional stamp tax liabilities”.
Raporunda, Etik Danışmanı Sir Laurie şöyle açıklıyor: “Ashton-Under-Lyne’deki aile evinde% 25 payını sattıktan sonra, Rayner bu mülkün herhangi bir kısmına sahip olmayı bıraktı. İlgili mevzuata sahip olmayan bir kişi, yine de, belirli koşulların uygulanması durumunda, bir kişi dahil olmak üzere, bir kişinin ilgisini çekiyorsa, bu, bir kişi, bir kişinin, bir kişinin, bir kişinin, çocukların, bir kişinin, 18’in de, çocukların, If children cause the child to be used somehow, if children are fulfilled, a person is fulfilled.
“For example, I understand that there are additional complexities related to the establishment of this type of trust and the establishment of confidence. Together, – especially in the context of the type of expertise in the question – it is seen that the interpretation of these rules is complex.”
What results did the ethics advisor?
Due to the complexities of Stamp Duty’s work, Mrs. Rayner would pay more taxes for the purchase of his house, although his son’s trust (owned by the family house) was not trusted.
The key question remained on whether Mrs. Rayner has received the wrong advice or whether it was trying to deliberately reduce the tax bill.
After a few days of investigation, Sir Laurie concluded that Ms. Rayner did not aim to do it. The Ethics Advisor writes that he has reviewed the details of the property process and found that Mrs. Rayner only needed to pay only to pay the standard stamp tax rate.
However, Sir Laurie misinformed that Ms. Rayner’s advice only has to pay the standard stamp tax, and added that it is qualified by admitting that it does not create expert tax advice ”.
In addition, advice suggested that this expert tax recommendation should be taken by Mrs. Rayner. Ethics Advisor says, “It is very sad that not sought for special tax advice”.
According to the Ministry Law, “Mrs. Rayner has concluded with integrity and commitment to a private and exemplary public service”.
“Accordingly, in these cases, I think the code is violated.”
Where did he get the money for Rayner Hove Flat?
The former Deputy Prime Minister said that he sold his shares at the family house to the trust of his son in January 2025. This gave him money to pay a deposit for Hove Flat with mortgage.
Güven, which was initiated by the Court, was founded in 2020 using a payment given after a “deep personal and sad event ılan, which included his son as an early baby. Now, in late young people, there are lifelong obstacles, including blindness.
In a statement, he said: confidence was established to manage the award on behalf of him – a standard application in conditions like ours.
Ik We acknowledged that our interest in the family house will be transferred to this confidence, which was brought to the court where we are the only beneficial.
“Some of our family house was transferred to Trust in 2023.”
Later, although he was at his family’s house, he sold all his interest in Ashton-Under-Lyne property to this trust in 2025. Now the trust of Ms. Rayner, who has equality in Ashton House.
What are the family regulations?
Ms. Rayner has two sons with her ex -husband Mark Rayner, and one of them was 16 years old.
After divorce Mr. Rayner in 2023, he agreed to make a “nest arrangement olan, which means that they lived there as an alternative, while staying at the family house of his ex -husband and his son.
At this point, the house was only partially put into confidence, they and the law firm Shoosmiths and the Board of Trustees.
Deputy Prime Minister sold Ashton House’s remaining stake to confidence in January.
