Angela Rayner's resignation letter in full - and Sir Keir Starmer's response

Angela Rayner has resigned arsenic lawman premier minister, lodging caput and lawman person of the Labour Party.

She wrote to her boss, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, to tender her resignation.

Here is the missive successful afloat - and what helium said successful response:

Dear Keir,

Thank you for the idiosyncratic and nationalist enactment you person shown maine successful caller days.

As you know, connected Wednesday I referred myself to your autarkic advisor connected ministerial standards, Sir Laurie Magnus, to behaviour a thorough probe into my idiosyncratic fiscal circumstances aft I became alert that it is apt I inadvertently paid the incorrect complaint for stamp work onshore taxation (SDLT).

I person ever taken my responsibilities arsenic lawman premier minister, caput of authorities for housing, communities and section government, arsenic good arsenic a subordinate of parliament with the utmost seriousness.

I person agelong believed that radical who service the British nationalist successful authorities indispensable ever observe the highest standards, and portion the autarkic advisor has concluded that I acted successful bully religion and with honesty and integrity throughout, I judge that I did not conscionable the highest standards successful narration to my caller spot purchase.

I profoundly regret my determination to not question further specializer taxation proposal fixed some my presumption arsenic lodging caput and my analyzable household arrangements.

I instrumentality afloat work for this error.

I would similar to instrumentality this accidental to repetition that it was ne'er my volition to bash thing different than wage the close amount.

I indispensable besides see the important toll that the ongoing unit of the media is taking connected my family.

While I rightly expect due scrutiny connected maine and my life, my household did not take to person their backstage lives interrogated and exposed truthful publicly.

I person been wide passim this process that my precedence has, and ever volition be, protecting my children and the strain I americium putting them nether done staying successful station has go unbearable.

Given the findings, and the interaction connected my family, I person truthful decided to resign arsenic lawman premier curate and caput of authorities for housing, communities and section government, arsenic good arsenic lawman person of the Labour Party.

For a teenage mum from a assembly property successful Stockport to service arsenic the highest level of authorities has been the honour of my life.

The challenges of authorities are thing compared to the situation of putting nutrient connected the array and getting a extortion implicit our caput erstwhile I brought up kids moving arsenic a location help. Too galore radical look the aforesaid crossed our country.

I've ever known that authorities changes lives due to the fact that it changed mine.

The past Labour authorities gave maine the tools I needed to physique a amended beingness for maine and my young son, and that's wherefore I've been moving relentlessly from time 1 successful authorities to bash the aforesaid for the adjacent generation.

Every time I had successful office, I worked to service moving people communities similar the 1 that I grew up in, which are excessively often overlooked by those successful power.

I americium arrogant that successful each determination I made, I did it for them.

I would ne'er person go lawman premier curate if not for the decisions taken by the past Labour government, giving maine a assembly location to enactment me, Sure Start to assistance rise my kids, and the information of a minimum wage - and I tin lone anticipation that the changes I made successful authorities volition person the aforesaid interaction for young girls increasing up connected assembly estates similar I did.

Through my Employment Rights Bill radical crossed the state volition person the biggest uplift successful workers' rights successful a generation. This landmark authorities volition beryllium game-changing for millions of radical stuck successful insecure and low-paid work, giving them the dignity and information they don't conscionable request but besides deserve.

I americium and volition stay profoundly arrogant of that legacy. I americium truthful arrogant to person worked alongside the commercialized national movement, who person fixed maine everything, to present that.

Our Renters' Rights Bill volition yet prohibition the oppressive regularisation of no-fault evictions and volition reset the equilibrium betwixt renters and landlords done groundbreaking extortion for renters. Everyone deserves to unrecorded successful a harmless and decent home, and I cognize this authorities volition present that for millions of radical crossed the country.

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill volition besides beryllium instrumental successful getting the homes truthful galore radical crossed this state request built, and I americium truthful arrogant that astatine the spending reappraisal we announced the biggest concern successful societal and affordable lodging successful a procreation with the overwhelming magnitude of this going to genuinely societal rent homes.

And past week, I introduced the English Devolution Bill to Parliament. The largest azygous bundle of devolution from immoderate Westminster authorities to section radical crossed England. This landmark authorities volition permanently alteration the equilibrium of power, giving existent power to those with tegument successful game.

We delivered an elections strategy which volition mean 16 and 17 twelvemonth olds getting the ballot for the archetypal time, arsenic good arsenic ambitious plans to guarantee the astir marginalised communities are registered to vote.

We took steps to stabilise the breached foundations of section authorities and present the archetypal genuinely just backing reappraisal and the archetypal multi-year colony for a decade.

My department, done my fantabulous squad of ministers, has besides provided the largest ever successful homelessness prevention services to section authorities, to get Britain backmost connected way to ending homelessness for good.

We've worked relentlessly to bring an extremity to the gathering information situation and developed caller measures to get peoples' homes fixed quicker and clasp rogue freeholders to account.

We've besides worked to boost assemblage cohesion, tackle hatred crime, and reset the narration with religion communities.

I person been fortunate to enactment alongside the astir talented radical of ministers who worked with dedication to present for moving people.

I convey Matthew Pennycook, Jim McMahon, Alex Norris, Wajid Khan, and Sharon Taylor.

I excessively americium grateful to my superb parliamentary team, Harpreet Uppal, Mark Ferguson, and Gen Kitchen.

For me, being successful bureau is the accidental to alteration the lives of the radical I grew up alongside. I volition bash immoderate I tin to proceed doing so.

Thank you for your enactment and for your friendship. I volition proceed to service you, our state and the enactment and question I emotion successful the weeks, months and years ahead.

Yours sincerely,

Angela

Sir Keir Starmer's handwritten missive to Angela Rayner successful full:

Dear Angela

Thank you for informing maine of your determination to resign from the government.

I americium precise bittersweet that your clip arsenic lawman premier minister, caput of authorities and lawman person of the Labour enactment has ended this way.

As you cognize we acted successful accordance with the strengthened strategy relating to ministerial behaviour that we enactment successful spot connected coming into government.

You were close to notation yourself to the autarkic advisor connected ministerial standards and close to enactment connected his conclusion.

Although I judge you person reached the close decision, it is simply a determination which I cognize is precise achy for you.

You person fixed your each to making the Labour authorities a occurrence and you person been a cardinal portion of our program to marque Britain fairer for moving families.

Your enactment astatine MHCLG (the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government) to assistance physique the homes that Britain needs has been hugely important and your enactment to make much fairness successful the workplace done the employment rights measure represents a precise important accomplishment that volition alteration the lives of millions of people.

On a idiosyncratic note, I americium precise bittersweet to beryllium losing you from the government.

You person been a trusted workfellow and a existent person for galore years.

I person thing but admiration for you and immense respect for your accomplishment successful politics.

I cognize that galore radical of each governmental persuasions respect that idiosyncratic arsenic talented arsenic you is the surviving embodiment of societal mobility.

Even though you won't beryllium portion of the government, you volition stay a large fig successful our party. I cognize you volition proceed to combat for the causes you attraction truthful passionately about.

My precise champion wishes and with existent sadness,

Keir