UK Deputy Premier Rayner Fights for Future Amid Tax Probe (1)

UK Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner admitted she underpaid taxes on a property purchase and said she was referring herself to the government’s standards watchdog, the latest blow for Keir Starmer’s Labour administration that calls her political future into question and may have long-standing consequences for the party’s leadership.

Following days of media reports alleging she underpaid stamp duty on the £800,000 ($1.1 million) purchase of a home in Hove, southern England by as much as £40,000, Rayner conceded to broadcasters on Wednesday that the claims were accurate, but that she had followed legal advice at the time that ...