India, Sept. 13 -- Labour has lost Angela Rayner as Deputy PM, Deputy Leader, and Housing Minister following her resignation.

London: It is all change on the Westminster political scene this past week. Labour has lost Angela Rayner as Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Leader, and Housing Minister following her resignation, prompted by her failure to pay the correct amount of stamp duty on a property she sold to a Trust established for her disabled son. The stamp duty had been increased by the Labour government in 2024.

In a separate scandal, Rayner and her lawyers are also suspected of inflating the value of her former constituency property to raise enough funds to buy an apartment in the beachside resort of Hove. Ms Rayner has long been a ...