Tories refer Rayner to ethics adviser over stamp duty affair ...Middle East

The Telegraph newspaper claimed that Ms Rayner, who is also the Housing Secretary, saved £40,000 in stamp duty on a second home she bought in Hove for £800,000.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner allegedly saved tens of thousands of pounds in stamp duty and now could face an ethics inquiry. (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Getty Images)

However, Ms Rayner also previously suggested the Greater Manchester home remained her primary residence, according to the Telegraph, saving some £2,000 in council tax on her grace and favour home in central London at Admiralty House.

Stamp duty is a tax paid in England and Northern Ireland, when someone buys a property over a certain price.

Ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus assesses whether senior elected officials within the government have breached the ministerial code.

As housing secretary, Ms Rayner is responsible for overseeing council tax and housing policy.

As he called for an investigation into her tax affairs, the Tory chairman said: “She is paying second homes council tax to Brighton and Hove council on a property that she tells HMRC is not a second home.

The Tories have also written to Tameside council, the authority that covers Ms Rayner’s Greater Manchester home, asking the authority to strike her from the electoral register if the property is no longer her primary residence.

A statement provided by the deputy prime minister’s team to the Telegraph said: “The Deputy Prime Minister paid the relevant duty owing on the purchase of the Hove property in line with relevant requirements and entirely properly.

Ms Rayner divorced her husband and ceased to own a stake in the Greater Manchester home some time ago, according to the Telegraph, and she still considers it her primary residence because her children live there.

With additional reporting from PA

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