Labour MPs despondent after Rayner and Mandelson departures, says cabinet minister – UK politics live

<p>Scotland secretary Douglas Alexander said of Rayner’s departure that MPs ‘feel quite acutely that sense of loss’</p><p>Speaking at the Reform press conference in <strong>Caerphilly</strong>, <strong>Nigel Farage</strong> said he had a “very expensive week” seeking advice from tax experts, reports the PA news agency.</p><p>The Reform UK leader said last year he had bought a home in his <strong>Essex</strong> constituency, but it was later reported that his partner had actually made the purchase. Questions over the home have resurfaced after <strong>Angela Rayner</strong> resigned last week over underpaying stamp duty on a seaside flat she bought this year.</p><p>The money was legally hers, she bought the house. I don’t have any financial stake in it whatsoever – other than she lets me stay there.</p><p>I have paid a lot of money to make sure we have done everything right.</p><p>I have done everything I can to prove everything I have done has been legal and correct.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/12/uk-politics-latest-news-peter-mandelson-labour-keir-starmer-angela-rayner">Continue reading...</a>