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UK deputy PM Angela Rayner resigns over tax error

Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner leaves 10 Downing Street after being named Britain's deputy prime minister in London on July 5, 2024. [AFP]

Britain's deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after an investigation found she breached the ministerial code by underpaying on a property tax, in a major blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's embattled Labour government.

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