One other one bites the mud.
Unpopular British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that he’ll oust his Deputy, Angela Rayner if it’s discovered that she has damaged the ministerial code.
The Telegraph reported:
“The Prime Minister vowed to ‘act on regardless of the report is’ into Ms. Rayner’s tax affairs – however refused 5 occasions to ensure her dismissal.
The Deputy Prime Minister is being investigated by the ethics watchdog after admitting she didn’t pay a £40,000 tax invoice on the acquisition of her seaside vacation dwelling.”
Starmer and Rayner disgrace our nation. pic.twitter.com/5nS32kDNQJ
— Priti Patel MP (@pritipatel) September 4, 2025
BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has condemned within the “strongest potential phrases” vandalism at Angela Rayner’s seaside flat in Hove, Downing Road has stated. pic.twitter.com/U0eFfOyyed
— Discuss (@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 requested if he would sack Rayner if she broke the code, Starmer was evasive:
“’Nicely, Angela Rayner has referred herself to the impartial adviser [Sir Laurie Magnus]. ‘My expertise is he might be complete within the report that he provides me. He might be fast, and that’s what I’m anticipating. And so, I wish to let that course of take its course’.”
Within the meantime, Rayner’s attorneys have come public to say they did NOT give her tax recommendation.
They declare they’re being made ‘scapegoats’.
“The conveyancing agency that dealt with the acquisition of her £800,000 flat in Hove, East Sussex, insisted it had accomplished nothing improper.
The feedback are a serious blow to the Deputy Prime Minister, who has blamed ‘authorized recommendation that I acquired’ for her failure to pay a £40,000 stamp obligation invoice on the acquisition of her seaside vacation dwelling.
Verrico & Associates, a household firm based mostly in Herne Bay, Kent, confirmed that it had suggested her on the acquisition of the flat.
Joanna Verrico, the managing director, instructed The Telegraph: ‘We acted for Ms Rayner when she bought the flat in Hove. We didn’t and by no means have given tax or belief recommendation. It’s one thing we all the time refer our shoppers to an accountant or tax skilled for’.”
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