"It's not as if these rules on paying second home stamp duty are obscure. They're on the first page of the HMRC website when it talks about stamp duty."
"Particularly given Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer have taken the moral high ground on this. I don't see how she can realistically stay in post."
"I've been in shock, really, because I thought I'd done everything properly, and I relied on the advice that I received, and I'm devastated because I've always upheld the rules and always have felt proud to do that. That it is devastating for me and the fact that the reason why those confidential clauses were in place was to protect my son, who, through no fault of his own, he's vulnerable, he's got this life changing, lifelong conditions and I don't want him or anything to do with his day-to-day life, to be subjected to that level of scrutiny."
Kevin Hollinrake said Angela Rayner must step down after she admitted paying £30,000 in stamp duty instead of £70,000. Hollinrake described her position as untenable given her roles as Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary and said second-home stamp duty rules are plainly available on the HMRC website. He said the Labour leadership had taken the moral high ground, making her continued tenure unrealistic. Rayner said she had been in shock and was devastated, blamed inaccurate tax advice, referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards, and said she had discussed quitting with her family to protect her vulnerable son.
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