Angela Rayner stands down over stamp duty row

Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging to prime minister who had initially stood by her

Angela Rayner has stood down as housing secretary and deputy prime minister after an investigation by the government’s ethics adviser into her underpayment of stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside flat.

Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging for the prime minister, who initially stood by her, and his authority has now been badly bruised as a result.