Overview

• Independent adviser Laurie Magnus concluded Angela Rayner breached the ministers’ code over tax paid on a recent apartment purchase, saying she acted in good faith but should have sought specialist advice.
• Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister, housing minister and Labour vice-chair, taking responsibility and expressing regret after acknowledging insufficient stamp duty was paid.
• Reporting indicates the arrangement saved about £40,000 by designating the new flat as her main residence after her name was removed from another property placed in a trust for her disabled son.
• Keir Starmer carried out a rapid reshuffle that names David Lammy deputy prime minister and justice secretary, moves Yvette Cooper to foreign secretary, and places Shabana Mahmood at the Home Office.
• Several ministers, including Scotland secretary Ian Murray and Commons leader Lucy Powell, said they were removed, as the episode is widely cast as a political setback for a government lagging in polls.