4 Sep 2025

UK: Deputy PM in hot water over house tax

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 4 September 2025
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner reacts as she meets with members of staff during her visit to British Steel's site in Scunthorpe, northern England on April 14, 2025. Britain's government on Monday raced to secure raw materials to keep the country's last steelmaking blast furnaces running, as Beijing warned the UK against politicising the takeover of Chinese-owned British Steel. (Photo by Peter Byrne / POOL / AFP)

Photo: AFP / Pool / Peter Byrne

UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn to talk about deputy PM and housing secretary Angela Rayner's admission that she underpaid stamp duty when buying an £800,000 flat. Will it damage the government?

Meanwhile Britain's borrowing has hit a 27-year high three months out from chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget and Reform leader Nigel Farage is touring America, where he's claimed Britain's free speech is the same as North Korea's.

Dan Bloom is Political Editor of Politico UK