Allies of the former deputy PM say she will play no role in the contest to elect her successor, following her dramatic resignation from government.

Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has resigned following a scandal over her failure to pay the correct amount of property tax, adding to the woes of the country’s struggling center-left government.

Until this week, Angela Rayner was considered to be one of the most powerful women in Britain, a deputy prime minister who was widely tipped to be a future candidate for the top job in politics. A self-described "proper working-class" woman,

Angela Rayner resigned as Labour's deputy leader on Friday after revelations that she had not paid enough stamp duty on her second home in East Sussex, sparking questions over her tax affairs and prompting her to step down from the party's top post.

In a blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ms. Rayner said she would step down after an ethics adviser found she had breached a code of conduct for government ministers.

At an emergency meeting Labour's governing body - the National Executive Committee (NEC) - on Monday it was agreed for a new deputy leader will be in place by 25 October

Today, we look at the damage done to Keir Starmer and his government after he lost his deputy prime minister. Angela Rayner resigned after the prime minister's ethics adviser found that she had breached the ministerial code over failing to pay enough tax on her flat in East Sussex.

Angela Rayner has resigned as the UK’s deputy prime minister after a report found she had breached the ministerial code by not paying enough stamp duty on her second home.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed MPs at a Parliamentary Labour Party meeting after a tough last week saw Angela Rayner quit as deputy PM and deputy Labour leader

James is joined in Glasgow by Chris who’s been travelling with Sir Keir Starmer. Earlier today, the Prime Minister refused to tell Chris if he’d sack Angela Rayner if she is found to have broken the ministerial code. With a judgment from the independent adviser expected before the end of the week; Chris and James discuss what could happen next.

Angela Rayner has resigned after admitting she had underpaid a stamp duty tax bill on her £800,000 Hove flat. It comes after The Telegraph revealed that the Deputy Prime Minister had not paid a second home surcharge – a tax bill of £40,000 – after relinquishing her stake in the family home in Ashton-under-Lyne.