@bbcsounds: Angela Rayner admits she paid the wrong amount of tax when she bought her £800,000 flat in Hove. Chris Mason explains the controversy on #BBCNewscast

user3340661589199 :

She’s the housing minister 🤷🏻‍♂️

harry :

Wait… she effectively made her son buy her out of her share of the family home, so she could buy a place in Brighton?

Overdale :

She tried to evade tax and got caught, what else has she evaded

stephen737 :

AFTER , It was revealed in the press , not of her own volition 🤔🤔🤔

mariannehick :

she sold her share in one house and then bought another home where is the problem?

Alex :

she sold her share to her sons trust! she took her sons trust money, that in its self isn’t right!

necrojayjay :

What would be classed as tax evasion?

user4847061440579 :

Knew exactly what she was doing

macky :

Can you imagine her reaction if this had been a Conservative or Reform MP? She’d be the first one screaming for them to resign… mistake or not!

Hayley :

What money tho? Where did it physically come from?

Petenorth13 :

She is a mp for Manchester to represent them and her son is in Manchester so why move to Brighton???

Pinky Stinky :

Not complcated, she has previously owned a house!

m :

not complicated it was plain and simple what are you talking about

user8701991632621 :

Feel so sorry for poor Ang. Nothing says devoted caring mother, who is simply trying to do the right thing by her disabled son, quite like raiding his disability trust fund to buy herself a flat by the sea 300 miles away from where he lives with her estranged husband

Alastair :

Claiming the coastal flat as primary resident allows her to avoid full stamp duty, double council tax and gets 100% Capital Gains Relief. The trust can charge her rent for the constituency house and she can claim that in expenses . She’s not made a silly mistake.

Grimmers :

odey1 :

Why take £162000 out of her sons money

HomeOfEnglishFootball :

So the housing minister doesn’t know the housing laws but has a massive say in how they’re influenced? Sums up our government really

user2594563527150 :

Im guessing her share that she put into the trust , would’ve been over the inheritance tax theshold amount

ianruxton5 :

I don't understand why council now says it's a second home when she no longer has assets in any other property 🤔🤔🤔

Angie :

Not complicated and we all know that.

Chrisc1341 :

The questions are: Who gave her the original advice. Will she be going after them for providing inaccurate advice. Did the person that provided the advice state “in their opinion, but experts should be consulted” and she ignored that?

Briscoed :

I think she knew exactly what she was doing and thought it was ok until it wasnt

water :

Can a trust for her son erase the trust of the people?

gavinmclean51 :

It’s not complicated