Overview

• Downing Street said a court order restricts Angela Rayner from giving full details of her property arrangements, so the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests will not consider a probe until it is lifted.
• Rayner paid £30,000 in stamp duty on an £800,000 Hove flat, below the £70,000 second‑home rate, after she relinquished her interest in her Ashton‑under‑Lyne family home.
• Reporting says the Ashton property’s ownership was split with a trust administered by Shoosmiths, and tax experts suggest certain terms could still attribute an interest to Rayner and trigger the higher rate.
• Conservative figures, including party chairman Kevin Hollinrake and leader Kemi Badenoch, called for clarity and pressed for an ethics investigation into her tax and property declarations.
• Rayner, who denies any wrongdoing and says she has paid all taxes due, made her first public appearance at Cabinet on Tuesday as Labour leaders continued to defend her.