Overview

• Conservative Party chairman Kevin Hollinrake has asked Sir Laurie Magnus to consider a Ministerial Code inquiry into Angela Rayner’s tax and residency designations tied to her Hove purchase.
• Rayner’s office says she paid the correct stamp duty in full and acted properly, rejecting claims that she avoided liabilities.
• Land Registry documents were reported to not appear to support the claim that she removed her name from her Greater Manchester deeds, leaving key facts in dispute.
• Records show she bought an approximately £800,000 Hove flat with a £650,000 NatWest mortgage and a £150,000 deposit, with reports saying her main-home designation reduced the stamp-duty bill by about £40,000.
• Her Hove property is treated as a second home for council tax, the Cabinet Office pays council tax on her Admiralty House residence, Downing Street says Keir Starmer retains confidence in her, and some Labour voices have expressed concern over the optics.