Badenoch accused the prime minister of being “too weak to fire the deputy prime minister”, even after being informed she broke the ministerial code. “It has been both a pleasure and a privilege to work with Angela Rayner over the past two years,” he said. But in this case I’ve found the feeding frenzy around Angela Rayner difficult to watch and felt deeply conflicted about her treatment. • Dan Neidle: Did Angela Rayner avoid or evade tax — or make a simple mistake? “Angela Rayner made a mistake, she admitted as much on the basis of the additional advice that she received.
