Angela Rayner is fighting to save her political career after confessing to dodging up to £40,000 in tax.
Kemi Badenoch urged Keir Starmer to grow a 'backbone' and sack his deputy after she finally admitted failing to pay the full stamp duty due on a luxury £800,000 second home in Hove.
Ms Rayner's tearful confession on Wednesday ended days of bluster and misinformation by her office, Downing Street and Sir Keir about her tax affairs – and plunged Labour into its worst sleaze crisis since winning power last year.
The deputy PM apologised for her error, but former Tory Cabinet minister Dame Priti Patel said she was 'only sorry that she was caught out'.
Dame Priti said: 'Angela Rayner has been caught misleading the country over her property taxes. She clearly thinks there's one rule for her and another rule for everyone else.'
