Angela Rayner: Resignationcast AND a Reshuffle!

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today, Angela Rayner resigned after an investigation concluded she breached the ministerial code by underpaying stamp duty on a flat in Hove.

The report into Rayner’s conduct concluded she had ‘acted with integrity’ but had failed to meet the standards of the ministerial code by not looking for expert tax advice. Her resignation triggered a major cabinet reshuffle. James Cook is joined by Chris Mason and Laura Kuenssberg, to chat who’s in, who’s out, and how ‘Phase Two’ is shaping up for the Government. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Get in touch with Newscast by emailing [email protected] or send us a whatsapp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by James Cook. It was made by Miranda Slade with Anna Harris and Adriana Urbano. The social producer was Gabriel Purcell-Davis. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.4	Phase 2 of this government began on Monday, and it's now Friday at 10 to 7 in the evening.
0:11.6	So, Laura and Chris, is this phase 3 now?
0:15.0	Did phase 2 just last four days?
0:17.4	I reckon, charitably, Phase 2B?
0:26.4	What do you reckon, Laura? I was going to say, I think in reality, it's a forced phase three, but number 10's trying to style it out like this was phase two as we
0:32.3	meant it all along. Yeah, sure. So Angela Rainer didn't pay enough stamp duty when buying a flat, as we know,
0:40.0	and she has resigned, which I'm sure they did not mean all along, as we all know,
0:45.2	after being found to have breached the ministerial code.
0:47.6	And that has prompted what we're going to talk about, a big reshuffle on this episode of Newscast.
0:54.4	Newscast from the BBC.
0:56.7	Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons.
0:59.7	I was the tattle tail in the class.
1:01.0	Got to have an apology, please.
1:02.3	I trust almost nobody.
1:03.9	Then daddy has to sometimes do strong language.
1:06.4	Next time in Moscow.
1:08.1	I feel delulu with no salulu.
1:09.9	Take me down to Downey Street.
1:11.7	Let's go have a tour.
1:13.4	Blimey.
1:14.7	It's James in Glasgow.
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