Nothing to see.
HMRC have absolutely no interest.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2525135.html
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the Conservatives are “chasing a smear” in raising questions about deputy leader Angela Rayner’s taxes.
Ms Rayner has faced questions about whether she paid the right amount of tax on the 2015 sale of her ex-council house due to confusion over whether it was her principal residency.
The Labour deputy leader has insisted she has “done absolutely nothing wrong” and took legal advice that no rules were broken.
She has said she would present this advice to the police or HMRC but would not publicly release her “personal tax advice”.
Sir Keir defended Ms Rayner and said people were more interested in “problems caused by this government.”
He said: “Angela Rayner has been asked no end of questions about this. She’s answered them all. She said she’s very happy to answer any further questions from the police or from any of the authorities.
“I don’t need to see the legal advice. My team has seen it. But I will say this, that on the day that the A&E figures, people are waiting more than 24 hours in A&E, we now know that they are 10 times as high as they were five years ago.
“The idea that the Tories want to be focusing on what Angela Rayner, how much time she spent with her ex-husband 10 years ago, I can tell you here at this hospital, nobody but nobody is interested in that. They’re very, very interested in what are you going to do about the A&E problem caused by this government.
Sir Keir added that it was “not appropriate” for him to see Ms Rayner’s legal advice personally.
He added: “But I do know this, that if you’re waiting more than 24 hours for A&E, you’re much more interested in why the government is not absolutely laser focused on that, which is what they should be, than chasing this smear against Angela Rayner and how much time she spent with her husband over 10 years ago.”
Deputy chairman of the Conservative Party James Daly has previously urged Sir Keir to “show some leadership and open a full, transparent and independent investigation” into Ms Rayner’s tax affairs.
HMRC have absolutely no interest.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2525135.html
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the Conservatives are “chasing a smear” in raising questions about deputy leader Angela Rayner’s taxes.
Ms Rayner has faced questions about whether she paid the right amount of tax on the 2015 sale of her ex-council house due to confusion over whether it was her principal residency.
The Labour deputy leader has insisted she has “done absolutely nothing wrong” and took legal advice that no rules were broken.
She has said she would present this advice to the police or HMRC but would not publicly release her “personal tax advice”.
Sir Keir defended Ms Rayner and said people were more interested in “problems caused by this government.”
He said: “Angela Rayner has been asked no end of questions about this. She’s answered them all. She said she’s very happy to answer any further questions from the police or from any of the authorities.
“I don’t need to see the legal advice. My team has seen it. But I will say this, that on the day that the A&E figures, people are waiting more than 24 hours in A&E, we now know that they are 10 times as high as they were five years ago.
“The idea that the Tories want to be focusing on what Angela Rayner, how much time she spent with her ex-husband 10 years ago, I can tell you here at this hospital, nobody but nobody is interested in that. They’re very, very interested in what are you going to do about the A&E problem caused by this government.
Sir Keir added that it was “not appropriate” for him to see Ms Rayner’s legal advice personally.
He added: “But I do know this, that if you’re waiting more than 24 hours for A&E, you’re much more interested in why the government is not absolutely laser focused on that, which is what they should be, than chasing this smear against Angela Rayner and how much time she spent with her husband over 10 years ago.”
Deputy chairman of the Conservative Party James Daly has previously urged Sir Keir to “show some leadership and open a full, transparent and independent investigation” into Ms Rayner’s tax affairs.
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