It is unclear that Rayner was using a trust to try and exploit a (believed) loophole. Her position, AIUI, is that she set up a trust for entirely understandable reasons and then made a mistake about … (View Post)

Indeed. The question of whether she should remain housing minister is not a situation where she should be treated like the average man/woman on the street, and she won't be. However, what I said was,… (View Post)

It would be wrong for HMRC to treat her more leniently. There is no evidence to suggest that will happen. (View Post)

Yes, she is responsible for the error. (If it's an error. If it's not an error, she is also responsible!) If the case is as she describes, I would have sympathy with her given the oddity of the rules… (View Post)

The confusion (according to Rayner) arose because of the odd rules around trusts. AIUI, she declared she didn't own any other house and she didn't, but she was tripped up because she counts as owning… (View Post)