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So Angela #Rayner has resigned.
She’s being cast as a tax evader on stamp duty due to not seeking the right level of advice into the complex arrangements around having a property in trust for a disabled son.
I assume fishing trips into the financial affairs of all MPs regardless of party affiliation or gender will now become standard. Or will they?
Not a good day for Labour, female politicians, working class or those who care for their disabled adult children.
Having just read #Rayner’s heartfelt resignation letter, it’s clear what a loss to the #Labour Party, trade union movement, workers and renters her departure really is.
And was a scalp she was to the bitter misogynistic rightwing media.
So who will replace her?
A centrist or someone from the Left?
I guess the party decides.
But #Rayner received some level of sympathy from the Telegraph’s tax columnist, a former accountant (says something of the financial complexity of its readership? 😉
“The fact is, the stamp duty rules are very complex and I have to admit that last week when I was asked about this I had not appreciated how the trust complicated matters. I can therefore understand that others can become confused”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-departure-scalp-press-analysis
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