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nomadking 03-09-2025 23:06

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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36202162)
Setting up a trust and putting the property in the trust is also a way of circumventing inheritance tax.

I know this because I am also looking at this option.

I don’t fancy it , because you don’t then own the property, the trust does. And there’s a whole myriad of potential issues you need to mitigate against.

But, it is an option.

Is it a coincidence that transferring part of the property to the trust in 2023, allowed her to withdraw £162,500 from the trust.

papa smurf 04-09-2025 09:10

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Angela Rayner pocketed £1000 of freebies while staying at new Brighton scandal apartment

Angela Rayner has compounded her scandal nightmare after it was revealed she accepted £1,100 in free tickets just days before her flat tax scandal emerged. According to her register of interests, Ms Rayner pocketed the costly gift to Brighton pride, as she settled into her new town.

The tickets were provided by BN1 Events, and registered just one day before the first reports emerged of her new pad in the same coastal resort. Ms Rayner’s decision to accept the tickets raises further questions about the top Labour minister’s political judgement,

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...ebies-Brighton

Sephiroth 04-09-2025 09:30

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Is there a clue about Rayner's tax management intentions in that the constituency home was valued at exactly £650,00, which is the IHT threshold for Mr & Mrs Rayner?

There is a distinct possibility that she will lose her position as Deputy PM and SoS for Housing etc. In that case, she's well up shit creek regarding mortgage repayments.

papa smurf 04-09-2025 09:40

Re: Starmer’s chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36202167)
Is there a clue about Rayner's tax management intentions in that the constituency home was valued at exactly £650,00, which is the IHT threshold for Mr & Mrs Rayner?

There is a distinct possibility that she will lose her position as Deputy PM and SoS for Housing etc. In that case, she's well up shit creek regarding mortgage repayments.

good

as a law abiding citizen i pay my Taxes and expect the politicians who set those taxes to pay there's, i would say HMRC must investigate her dealings going back years to see if there is a pattern of tax evasion. and while there at it check her out for council tax irregularities

it pisses me off when Starmer refers to her as a working class woman, she's deputy prime minister of the united kingdom ,that aint a working class job it's the top of the ladder,and hasn't she learned how to be first at the trough when the feeding frenzy starts

Sephiroth 04-09-2025 10:33

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If we grant that Rayner was misadvised by the tax lawyer/accountant, we come down her personality and image.

On the face of it, she, as a tax-paying citizen, engineered her property transactions to minimise tax liability. That is entirely legal.

Selling her share of the constituency home to the son's trust fund seems not to have crossed any legal lines. Bottom line would be that the money is realisable when/if the asset is liquidated. But, it's obviously part of the wheeze that any Conservative would have been shamed by her for doing.

The waters then muddy further. In this saga, she has two primary residences; one in the constituency for council tax purposes (but she doesn't own any of that); the other is a primary residence in Hove for Stamp Duty purposes. The second 'wheeze' has fallen through and she owes HMRC £40,000 - a huge sum for ordinary working people.

Politically, she is the Housing SoS (failing) and it's one law for her and another law for 'ordinary working people' - at least that's the perception. Remember also, that she labelled Conservative ministers as "****" (2021). By corollary, that remark applied to all Conservative voters. Her anti-Tory resentment will not have gone away, particularly now that said '****' are going after her.

Next, there is Starmer. GB News is doing an excellent job digging up all the righteous speeches he has made about Boris, Patel and other Conservatives. Now Starmer needs to think carefully about what he says and does - because his words will always be made to haunt him by the media. The people generally dislike Starmer as much as they are now turning on Rayner. If Starmer does not remove her from office, or if she does not resign, he will be in Boris territory.

Finally: will a donor/benefactor come forward to shove £40,000 her way? Will that benefactor buy the Hove property from her and then allow her to live there? And isn't the Hove property, a constituency bolt hole for her because she fears her Ashton seat will be lost?



nomadking 04-09-2025 10:44

Re: Starmer’s chronicles
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36202167)
Is there a clue about Rayner's tax management intentions in that the constituency home was valued at exactly £650,00, which is the IHT threshold for Mr & Mrs Rayner?

There is a distinct possibility that she will lose her position as Deputy PM and SoS for Housing etc. In that case, she's well up shit creek regarding mortgage repayments.

Valuing at such a high amount also allowed her to extract the maximum from her son's trust fund. She couldn't have bought her Brighton property unless she sold her share to the trust fund.
Is the trust fund also paying part of the mortgage on the constituency home?
All starting to look more than a bit murky.

papa smurf 04-09-2025 12:53

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Angela's new flat graffitied with "TAX EVADER"


https://news.sky.com/story/politics-...eform-12593360

looks like she's lowered the tone of the neighbourhood

Carth 04-09-2025 16:23

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It reminds me of when Boris defended that nice chap that took his family along to Barnard Castle for his eye check during Covid.

They're all the same, probably because individuals know where certain bodies are buried and if the digging starts all hell will let loose.

thenry 04-09-2025 18:20

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A man whose arrest sparked a series of protests outside an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers, has been found guilty of sexual assault.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was told by the judge that he should expect to go to prison, when he is sentenced later this month.

https://news.sky.com/story/man-whose...sault-13424933
The benefits of HMP :rolleyes: but at least he'll only serve 40% of his jail time :erm:

Itshim 04-09-2025 18:23

Re: Starmer’s chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by thenry (Post 36202201)
The benefits of HMP :rolleyes: but at least he'll only serve 40% of his jail time :erm:

Wonder which will cost UK tax payers more. Jail or hotel :rolleyes:

papa smurf 04-09-2025 20:20

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Angela Rayner's lawyers say they never gave her tax advice in huge blow
Lawyers that handled purchase of Deputy Prime Minister's flat say they are being made 'scapegoats'


https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...rty-stamp-duty

Chris 04-09-2025 20:25

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Oooooops-ieeee …..

Pierre 04-09-2025 22:30

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Can’t wait, if she goes, he eventually goes, they have no one of any competence to take over….maybe Wes.

General Election within 18months………….I hope.

Carth 04-09-2025 22:31

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oh . . well erm . . err . . umm

Surely that's gonna cause a bit of instability in the life raft :D

papa smurf 04-09-2025 22:49

Re: Starmer’s chronicles
 
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Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36202211)
Can’t wait, if she goes, he eventually goes, they have no one of any competence to take over….maybe Wes.

General Election within 18months………….I hope.

unless they have fixed the investigation and it's all swept under the carpet


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