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Tories Seek Ethics Review of Angela Rayner’s Hove Flat Tax Treatment as Downing Street Backs Her

The referral follows reports she reduced stamp duty on an £800,000 purchase by treating it as a main home, which her office says was handled correctly and which a reported Land Registry check has called into question.

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Overview

  • Conservative chairman Kevin Hollinrake has asked ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus to assess whether Angela Rayner breached the ministerial code over the tax treatment of her Hove flat.
  • Reports claim she removed her name from the deeds of her Greater Manchester house weeks before buying in Hove, paying about £30,000 in stamp duty rather than roughly £70,000.
  • Her team says she paid the correct duty in line with all requirements, and No 10 says Keir Starmer retains full confidence in the Deputy Prime Minister.
  • The Times reported the Land Registry said application documents do not appear to support the claim she took her name off the deeds, leaving key details disputed.
  • Questions over residency designations persist, with claims she told Tameside Council her Ashton home is her primary residence and Brighton & Hove that the Hove flat is a second home, as Tories also push to remove her from the Ashton electoral roll and one Labour MP criticises the optics.