Angela Rayner resigns as Deputy Prime Minister after ethics probe finds ministerial code breach
Angela Rayner quit as Deputy Prime Minister after an independent ethics investigation found she breached the ministerial code over a stamp duty underpayment. Keir Starmer accepted her resignation and reshuffled his cabinet. The case is the first major test of Labour’s tougher ethics system and disrupts Starmer’s plan for a political reset, removing a key figure from the top of government.