[arista]

[bots]

oops, she has now admitted she didn't pay enough stamp duty on her house

[arista]

Originally Posted by bots

oops, she has now admitted she didn't pay enough stamp duty on her house

Yes
Deputy PM refers herself to the Standards
Watch Dog.


Best she Resigns


Tonight, more Front Pages

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes
Deputy PM refers herself to the Standards
Watch Dog.


Best she Resigns


Tonight, more Front Pages

That be an honorary thing to do but it won’t happen

[bots]

starmer can remove her from the cabinet, he cant remove her being deputy leader

[arista]

Originally Posted by bots

Starmer can remove her from the cabinet, he cant remove her being deputy leader

Yes
He could do just that.

[Cherie]

No one will listen to a word she says when she tries to put more tax on houses these people are just ridiculous, do as I say not as I do

She has now referred herself to some watchdog or other

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

No one will listen to a word she says when she tries to put more tax on houses these people are just ridiculous, do as I say not as I do

She has now referred herself to some watchdog or other

it's the way she has previous too. Also, her story changed from .... nope did nothing wrong to .... i've been gagged to .... oops yes i didn't pay enough ..... it's sooooooo sketchy

[Cherie]

If Starmer had any backbone he would remove her as Housing Minister as this will impact her job, he is probably afraid to make an enemy of her at this stage, he has already fallen out with Rachel

[Vanessa]

Do as I say not as I do. Revolting

[Cherie]

It seems to me that she neglected to mention the Trust and this is why she was given the incorrect advice, I think mention of a Trust would raise flags all over the shop and there is no way she would have been given the advice she was had she been honest

[Cherie]

The deputy PM said she should have paid more tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove. Credit: PA

The housing secretary has admitted paying the wrong amount of tax on a house.

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That is pretty much the worst headline conceivable about any housing secretary, let alone Angela Rayner, who is also the deputy prime minister and spent years as Labour’s sleazehunter-in-chief.

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That’s the straightforward fact which makes this such a damaging, indeed career-threatening, episode for Rayner.

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Other elements are not quite so straightforward. The case was unusual because it involved her divorce, and a trust Rayner and her ex-husband had set up to provide for her son, who has lifelong disabilities.

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Crucially, Rayner is adamant that she sought advice from a lawyer about the stamp duty liable, and has only now learnt from a different lawyer that that advice was wrong. It is on that basis that she is not resigning.

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It is no doubt on that basis as well that Sir Keir Starmer whole-heartedly defended his deputy at PMQs this afternoon - though remember that while he could sack her from her government positions she has an independent mandate as deputy leader of the Labour Party which only she can give up.

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It is also on the basis of the apparently flawed initial advice that Labour officials, ministers and MPs mostly seem - as of this afternoon - to believe that Rayner will probably survive the independent investigation into whether she has breached the ministerial code.

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Whether she will survive in the court of public opinion is being treated as a separate matter altogether. However it now develops, this is a very damaging episode for Rayner’s political future.

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The essential: Even if Rayner’s ministerial career survives her admission on tax, she is likely to be badly damaged.

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If I were her I would be suing the lawyer who gave her poor advice

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The Watchdog Commission
will have to talk to her.

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Makes you wonder what other standard stuff does she not understand?

[thesheriff443]

If you’ve got a scapegoat then if things wrong you can stand up and say well do what they advised

[Vanessa]

She has to go. Damage is done.

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