Should Angela Rayner return her £17,000 severance pay?

Angela Rayner has defended accepting a nearly £17,000 severance payment when she resigned from Government last year, after returning to Cabinet as Andy Burnham’s Housing Secretary. Ms Rayner received the payment after resigning in September 2025 from her role as Housing Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister, and Deputy Labour Party leader over a row about her tax affairs. HMRC has since cleared her of wrongdoing, and she returned to Government on Monday to oversee housing once again. She has now said that she will not repay the £16,876 ministerial severance payment. 00:00 | Nick Ferrari provides some context for the story. 01:02 | Political commentator Emma Woolf condemns her reasoning as 'classic word salad'. 04:39 | Caller James debates with Nick about what is 'allowed by law'. 07:13 | Texters are split over whether or not she should keep the money. 07:51 | Caller David says this is a 'moral issue'. 10:55 | Lorraine says this is 'bullying' of Angela Rayner. 11:39 | Caller Heidi thinks it's important to have 'higher standards' in politics. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewl... #lbc #nickferrari #angelarayner #labour #government #money #pay #ukpolitics #debate LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup