Below is her resignation letter in full, along with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's response and a letter from Sir Laurie Magnus, the independent adviser on ministerial ethics, in which he sets out that Rayner breached the ministerial code.

Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister, housing secretary and deputy leader of the Labour Party. She wrote to her boss, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, to tender her resignation. Thank you for the personal and public support you have shown me in recent days.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer replied to her with a hand-written letter that said she will remain “a major figure in our party” from the back benches.