Keir Starmer backs Angela Rayner over property tax row

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The prime minister Sir Keir Starmer told MPs he was “very proud to sit alongside” Angela Rayner after she admitted she underpaid stamp duty on a property she bought and had referred herself to the independent ethics adviser. The housing secretary has been under intense pressure over her tax affairs after media reports about her purchase of a seaside flat in Hove. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00In relation to the Deputy Prime Minister, she has explained her personal circumstances in detail.

00:05She's gone over and above in setting out the details, including Mr Speaker yesterday afternoon

00:13asking a court to lift a confidentiality order in relation to her own son.

00:19I know from speaking at length the Deputy Prime Minister just how difficult that decision was for her and her family.

00:24But she did it to ensure that all information is in the public domain.

00:30She has now referred herself to the Independent Advisor.

00:34That is the right thing to do.

00:35But I can be clear, I am very proud to sit alongside a Deputy Prime Minister

00:39who is building 1.5 million homes,

00:43who is bringing the biggest upgrade to workers' rights from a generation

00:46and who has come from a working-class background to be Deputy Prime Minister of this country.

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