I'm devastated, I have always upheld the rules

DEPUTY PM ADMITS SHE DIDN'T PAY ENOUGH STAMP DUTY ON SECOND HOME

- By JOSEPH TIMAN

ANGELA Rayner has admitted she did not pay enough stamp duty on her second home.

The Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Ashton-under-Lyne told Sky News that she has now referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards over the matter.

Ms Rayner told the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that she received inaccurate tax advice and had spoken to her family about quitting. The Housing Secretary has been under intense pressure over her tax affairs after media reports about her purchase of a flat in Hove.

She was reported to have saved £40,000 in stamp duty on the flat because she removed her name from the deeds of a family property in her Ashton-under-Lyne constituency, meaning the Hove property is the only property she owns.

However, she said that the accusations that she set up a trust to avoid paying tax were untrue, blaming incorrect advice she received.