Angela Rayner's political career is hanging by a thread today after her furious lawyers last night accused her of making them a 'scapegoat' for her tax fiasco.
The Deputy Prime Minister is skating on thin ice as ministerial ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus prepares to deliver his verdict as soon as today.
It comes after Ms Rayner tried to blame legal advisers for her not paying enough stamp duty on her flat in Hove, only for them to hit back with a devastating riposte that threatens her career.
High-street conveyancing firm Verrico & Associates insisted they had acted 'on the figures and the information provided by Ms Rayner'.
In a withering condemnation, the family firm's 82-year-old managing director Joanna Verrico said they were being made scapegoats and added: 'I have got the arrows stuck in my back to show it.'
