To think that surely Rayner has to go.

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Well well well.

So now it emerges that Rayner rearranged her property affairs and declared to HMRC that her new flat in Brighton is her main residence and saved £40k on the SDLT bill as a result.

She has then apparently declared to the local councils the complete opposite.

I'm sure slimeball Kier will defend and say it was perfectly legal blah blah blah.

Not to mention she has a grace and favour house funded by tax payers in London as her constituency office is so far away. Yet she 'lives' in Brighton - surely she could just commute that distance like may others do every day.

Surely she has to go.

Me too. I hope she stays, it seems a very thin accusation to me.

And as for paying more into my pension if I start to earn over £100,000 instead of paying more tax, then yes I would as I already pay enough tax as it is, and I don't agree with losing your personal allowance at that level, which should be now set at about £140,000 to 150,000 if it followed inflation or salary increases since it was introduced.

No it isn't. It's because she's such a hypocrite.

Boris broke Covid rules, Boris cheated on his wife multiple times, Boris said openly racist remarks, Boris had secret meetings with a Russian oligarch, Boris funded Downing Street renovations via a private donor. Was it flag waving to think he was and is a disgrace of a man and politician?

Woman divorcing buys new property to live in.

Unfortunately there is no real headline in that, so it's been twisted to be her third property! (one comes as part of her job, so is certainly not hers. One is being lived in by soon to be ex husband, hence being removed from deeds)

She’s protected by rhe unions, she’s not going anywhere, starmer doesn’t have that power, she’s basically just coining it in when they have their short spell in power, holidays, clothes, homes. She’s not the only one, Christ kier and his free clothes is cringe. But he can’t take raynor out, she’s the union placement, he’s side lined her as much as he can.

I would love to see her go
Her undemocratic housing policy is a disgrace

She must live for the minimum period in her constituency
She should be commuting from Brighton just like others do and not have a grace and favour property in London
She should not be avoiding her full Stamp tax
I understand her and her dh split up a long time ago so I don’t see how that gives her a get out clause

Anti tax dodging, unless it’s her doing it

I really, really despise this government. They take the piss again and again and again.

Quite.

Her undemocratic housing policy is a disgrace

What’s undemocratic about the housing policy? As for not using her grace and favour accommodation, presumably Starmer could commute from Kentish Town, do you want him to move out of Downing Street?

I don’t think she needs to go but I do think Labour need to get vastly better at controlling narratives. She has left herself wide open to this kind of headline, why not pre-empt it and control it? I’m a life long Labour supporter but this lot are so so frustrating.

I don’t understand how she can afford a £800k second home on her salary.

What is wrong with a politician coming from a “normal” background? I’m sick of the old Etonian boys club.

So taxpayers have to pay to provide her with a London home, including council tax, because she can't be expected to commute into town from her principal residence (direct line train, 1h 1m). But she is going to manage to commute to Ashton-under-Lyne (3 trains, a tram, and about 20 minutes walk - 4h 34m. Or 5h 38m polluting by car.) Right. I do wonder if suddenly she'll realise this isn't a very practical set up after all, and buy another property near her constituency. Which will then, of course, be claimed as her principal residence. And therefore receive the associated tax breaks.

Interesting how one of her most memorable moments was calling other politicians scum...

What a horrible thing to say about anyone.

Admiralty House goes with the job, just like Downing Street is part of the PM and chancellor’s packages.

She was an idiot to do this in her position even if it was legal.
However I don't like the media baiting of her.
It smacks of keeping a working class woman her place.
Conservative male MPs would not get anywhere near the amount of criticism for doing the same thing, if it was reported at all.
I don't think she's any worse or any better than your average politician.
Apart from the fact she would have had a lot more tenancity and resilience to become deputy prime minster, she would have come across a lot of prejudice along the way and it's great for working class young people, particularly girls to see someone relatable in a position of power.

She can override public opinion
if an area doesn’t have enough schools or if it’s the green belt or agricultural land or the road network can’t cope and a multitude of other issues raised by locals AND the planning departments she can and does override that. She pulls the application before the Planning Committee meeting and approves it

In terms of the PM living in Downing Street I don’t think that’s a fare comparison.

Oh dear 🤦‍♀️ do as I say not do as I do it would seem.

I personally don't want my daughter to relate to someone who was pregnant as a teenager and has few qualifications. That's not who I want as a role model for her. Or someone who calls other MPs "scum" in public.

How is working fewer hours the same lying on documents for the tax man?

Are you saying that higher earners who work fewer hours are stealing tax from the government?

What's view on part time workers? Should they pay as much tax as someone who works full time on the basis that it's stealing tax if they work part time?

In terms of the PM living in Downing Street I don’t think that’s a fare comparison.

It’s exactly the same thing.

Let's get all the snobbery in.

It’s more relevant because she is in charge of housing policy

the problem Labour has is that they are very much ‘do as I say, not as I do’.

with the tories there’s no pretence!!!

How can a Human Rights lawyer who was QC not be ‘very bright?’