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Sir Keir Starmer has refused to say if he will sack Angela Rayner

The prime minister said he would "act on" the findings of an investigation.

Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to say if he would sack Angela Rayner as his deputy prime minister and housing secretary if an inquiry concludes she broke the ministerial code. Ms Rayner admits underpaying stamp duty on a second home. Also: A series of inquiries begin into a crash on a funicular railway in Lisbon which has killed 16 people. And one of the most influential and famous names in the world of high fashion, Giorgio Armani, has died at the age of 91.

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