Overview

• The deputy prime minister contacted HMRC to resolve the additional liability and said she will pay what is due.
• After obtaining permission to speak by lifting a court order, she detailed the trust set up for her disabled son and said she had discussed resigning with her family.
• Keir Starmer publicly backed her self-referral as opposition figures called for her to be sacked and accused her of hypocrisy.
• Tax specialists estimate an underpayment of about £40,000 after she paid £30,000 rather than the £70,000 second-home rate on an £800,000 Hove flat.
• Independent standards adviser Sir Laurie Magnus is examining potential breaches of the ministerial code, with her future pending the ethics and tax reviews.