Labour’s Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over UK tax affairs
Key takeaways
- Rayner says she has been cleared by HMRC, paving the way for a potential Labour leadership challenge.
- Starmer, who led his Labour Party to victory in the 2024 general election, is fighting to save his job after disastrous local and regional polls last week.
- Four junior ministers have resigned, and more than 80 MPs have urged him to quit, but he has pledged to cling on.
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Rayner says she has been cleared by HMRC, paving the way for a potential Labour leadership challenge.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. The prospect of a Labour leadership challenge by Rayner grew as she announced that UK tax authorities had "cleared" her of deliberate wrongdoing in a tax affair [File: Carl Court/Getty Images]By AFP and The Associated Press Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026Former United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she has been cleared by tax authorities of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, paving the way for a potential leadership bid as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels.
Starmer, who led his Labour Party to victory in the 2024 general election, is fighting to save his job after disastrous local and regional polls last week.