Angela Rayner to learn whether she will be sacked for not paying enough tax: Live updates

Angela Rayner has been dubbed ‘Three Pads’ Rayner following her purchase of a flat in Hove.

She is said to have saved £40,000 in stamp duty on the apartment because she removed her name from the deeds of a family property in her constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.

The deed changes supposedly allowed Ms Rayner to pay £30,000 in stamp duty instead of £70,000, which would have been applied if the Hove property was her second home.

Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, she said:

I’ve been in shock, really, because I thought I’d done everything properly, and I relied on the advice that I received and I’m devastated because I’ve always upheld the rules and always have felt proud to do that.

That it is devastating for me and the fact that the reason why those confidential clauses were in place was to protect my son, who, through no fault of his own, he’s vulnerable, he’s got this life-changing, lifelong conditions and I don’t want him or anything to do with his day-to-day life, to be subjected to that level of scrutiny.

Following her emotional TV interview in which she admitted not paying enough stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside property in Hove, Angela Rayner released a statement setting out events leading up to this week.

Dissecting her words into important dates, let’s take a look at how we got where we are today:

Rayner explains a trust was set up for her son as a premature baby following a ‘deeply personal and distressing incident’ which has left him with life-long disabilities.

Rayner said interest in her family home in Ashton-under-Lyne was transferred to the trust. Following her divorce in the same year, Ms Rayner said she and her ex-husband agreed to a ‘nesting arrangement’ where their children remained in the family home while the parents lived there at alternate times. She says this home remains her family home.

Rayner said she sold her remaining interest in the Ashton property to her son’s trust, thereby allowing him the ‘security of knowing the home is his’. She maintains the Ashton property remains her family home.

Rayner said she bought the Hove property with the proceeds from her stake in the Ashton property. She said she was told by her lawyers she was liable for the ‘standard rate’ of stamp duty but after seeking further advice discovered she was subject to ‘additional liabilities’ because of what she described as ‘complex deeming provisions’ related to her son’s trust.

Angela Rayner is facing a moment of truth as soon as today with Keir Starmer’s sleaze adviser preparing to give his verdict on her property dealings.

Sir Laurie Magnus could deliver his report on the deputy PM after furious lawyers accused her of trying to make them ‘scapegoats’ for her underpaying tens of thousands of pounds in stamp duty.

Ms Rayner’s hold on her job is looking increasingly tenuous after Sir Keir refused to rule out sacking her yesterday, insisting he would ‘act’ on the findings from Sir Laurie.

The situation is particularly difficult for the PM as while he can remove Ms Rayner from Cabinet, she has a separate elected mandate as Labour’s deputy leader.

Senior figures have been rallying around Ms Rayner since her extraordinary admission that she had failed to pay enough stamp duty, suggesting she is being persecuted for her working class background.

Good morning and welcome to the Daily Mail’s live coverage as Angela Rayner awaits the verdict of Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser into her tax affairs.

The Deputy Prime Minister admitted this week she had not paid enough stamp duty on a £800,000 property she purchased in Hove earlier this year.

The Prime Minister has been urged to sack Ms Rayner, who has previously called for the resignations of Conservative MPs for tax avoidance, while some allies have rallied around her.

Ms Rayner referred herself to Sir Laurie Magnus, who is investigating whether she broke the ministerial code, following her admission.

His verdict could be delivered today and may present Keir Starmer with a huge decision as he ultimately makes the final determination on Ms Rayner’s future.

Stick with us for live updates throughout the day plus all the reaction if the report is later released.