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Starmer Backs Angela Rayner’s Comeback After Stamp Duty Breach Forced Exit

Starmer says she paid a heavy price for the stamp duty error that led to her resignation last month.

Angela Rayner before resigning in early September. Praise from Cabinet members at the Labour conference prompted her to post on social media for the first time since her resignation (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Getty)
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Angela Rayner was not at the conference after her resignation but received glowing tributes from senior party figures
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Overview

  • The prime minister told LBC he wants Angela Rayner back and said she will be a major voice in the Labour movement.
  • Wes Streeting, David Lammy, Steve Reed and Ed Miliband publicly praised Rayner at conference, with Streeting saying the government needs her back.
  • Rayner resigned in early September after admitting she underpaid about £40,000 in stamp duty on a Hove flat, and the independent adviser Sir Laurie Magnus found she breached the Ministerial Code.
  • She skipped Labour’s Liverpool conference but posted on X that she was with supporters in spirit and would keep fighting for working people.
  • David Lammy has taken over as deputy prime minister and Steve Reed now leads housing, while no timetable has been set for any Rayner return.