US EditionAngela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty: The Telegraph
Angela Rayner saved £40,000 in stamp duty by designating her new Hove flat as her main residence after removing her name from another property deed, prompting political debate.
- On Friday, The Telegraph reported Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner saved £40,000 in stamp duty on her 800,000 seaside flat in Hove by declaring it her main home.
- Sources say she removed her name from the Ashton-under-Lyne home deeds a few weeks before buying the Hove flat, avoiding a �70,000 stamp duty; her London flat's council tax is waived as second home amid a 100 per cent council tax charge on second homes policy.
- A spokesman for Ms Rayner said she paid the correct duty owed, and she divides her time between a 350,000 Ashton-under-Lyne home and an Admiralty House, Whitehall flat.
- The Tories initiated a legal process to remove Ms Rayner from the Ashton-under-Lyne electoral roll, while critics alleging 'one rule for them and another for us' highlight constituency commitment concerns.
- The government is pushing to reach 1.5 million homes, while Matthew Pennycook, housing minister, and Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader, warn second homes affect local services and affordability; defenders call criticism `snobbery`.
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