Comments on: Shoosmiths distances itself as Angela Rayner tax row escalates https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Alasdair https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232508 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:37:59 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232508 In reply to Anonymous.

Could not agree more

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By: Hail Mary full of stamp duty https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232473 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:57:21 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232473 In reply to What’s the big deal?.

She brought it on herself and had what was coming to her. If she had a time machine she’d probably think twice about hanging out to dry members of the opposition for similar tax planning tactics. She also didn’t seek expert tax advice despite being advised of this. It’s a ridiculous state of affairs to end your career like this. But that is what modern politics is. You can’t ignore these circumstances.

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By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232288 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:52:35 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232288 Lies…

ALL LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: What’s the big deal? https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232271 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 08:00:12 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232271 Everyone lies. Most people have behaved in less than perfect ways. Some hide it better than others. So what?

It’s a tax issue. If they find she failed to pay, she gets a chance to rectify it. Why the media circus and over reaction?

Politicians are not higher beings who should be held to higher standards. Whatever the usual penalty is for any regular citizen in her position, should be what she gets.

Let’s stop with the sanctimonious BS and holding others to higher standards, and let’s ask the key question – is she any good at her job? If she is, she should stay. If she isn’t, then perhaps she should go – but either way, it should have nothing to do with her personal life or tax affairs. If it was you, would you expect to have to resign?!

It’s time we focused on what matters rather than losing sight of the fact that politicians are only human too.

FFS.

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By: Diane Abbott's Shoes https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232196 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:12:41 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232196 So her political career went up in flames over £40,000. That’s remarkably cheap

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By: Equally as concerned https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232192 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:23:24 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232192 In reply to Concerned Individual.

Only problems is we have lots of evidence of multiple other MPs doing dubious/ unethical stuff and none left

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By: Christinewibberley@christinewibberley.co.uk https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232190 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 17:15:54 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232190 In reply to John holm.

The advice was to take advice!

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By: Reputable Trainee https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232162 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 11:08:36 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232162 I don’t understand how AR ended up in this situation tbh. We know now she did seek tax advice separate from the conveyancing. How, seriously, could her tax advisor have missed this? Whether or not the law is complicated (it’s not that complicated as made out), her circumstances are so in your face that it would require any sort of competent advisor to satisfy themselves of the correctness of their advice simply by applying the facts. And if they can’t do this, it should be flagged for more “expert” advice. Even simply by being associated with another property in the UK should have triggered the relevant legal review of whether or not her circumstances amounted to ownership for SDLT purposes.

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By: Strangeworld https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232048 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:34:36 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232048 Seems strange that u would buy a flat in Hove, on the south coast, which is possibly as far away from Manchester,England as u can get when u r co-parenting!

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By: Voted Labour last time https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232033 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:03:21 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232033 With many socialists it’s “do as I say, don’t do as I do”.

With a housing crisis and the cost of homes being pushed up by people hoarding property that they don’t need,
why on earth should we be taking lessons from this bunch of morons?

At least the Tories don’t claim to be against wealth and privilege.

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By: Jones Day Open Evening Canapé Glutton https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232023 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:08:13 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232023 Labour will likely have to raise taxes to close the fiscal black hole we keep hearing about, as they have been unable to cut spending. Unless Rayner resigns, they will look hypocritical. If you are a senior politician, you shouldn’t be seeking tax efficiencies anyway in my opinion.

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By: Doggybix42 https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232016 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:26:12 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232016 In reply to Anonymous.

What are you on about?

Why would there be interest involved? You don’t know the trust’s assets so why you think they’d need a mortgage is a mystery.

As is why, if they did need to borrow, you think it was at 0%.

But not as mysterious as the fact that you think that when you take out a mortgage, you borrow the amount it will be worth when you finally sell the house. And that your available credit is based on what you’ll earn 15 years later assuming you win a deputy leadership contest and then a general election.

Nah, forget all that. Most mysterious is the fact that you don’t understand what a married couple is.

Nope, still not plumbed the deepest depth yet.

You also don’t understand the concept of a deposit on a mortgage.

You obviously have never taken out a mortgage.

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By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1232015 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:24:58 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1232015 I think she should resign.

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By: Peter Fernando https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231943 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:29:54 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231943 In reply to Concerned Individual.

All this news about politicians distract us from the complete waste of spaces people like Rayner,Farage,Corbyn Thatcher etc are. The fact that we can comment makes us feel we have democracy. we do not and sooner we realise that the better.

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By: Tom https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231934 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:34:22 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231934 They all work on the rule that tomorrow all will be forgotten….so there is really no need to hang their head in shame

I have read a book about our wars especially the 2nd world war when many people, be they soldiers, farmers, house wives, doctors nurses … the list is endless and they all say that they had all been let down,trodden on and any hope had been taken away. …I wonder what they would all say now …..

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By: Promo incoming in 3, 2, 1… https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231933 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:34:09 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231933 In reply to Concerned Individual.

This is the same party that has a business secretary who openly misrepresented himself as a solicitor both online and in Parliament. What happened? Nothing.

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By: Carol https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231932 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:31:30 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231932 She keeps lying and digging a deeper hole. Starmer is all for upholding the law when it comes to the EU but what about in this country and his cohorts in his team. Are we being governed by a bunch of liars

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By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231918 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:58:35 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231918 In reply to Concerned Individual.

If Shoosmiths were. The in-dependant trustee how did they satisfy themselves that it in the child’s best interest to pay his mother such a large sum for 25% when he was already living in the property? Presumably his parents were not going to kick the child out. It seems odd to make such a large payment bearing no interest when he has lived there for 9 years already.
Who gave advice on the value of the house at £650,000?
Who advanced this woman £650,000 with her current. Salary £67,505 as a minister and £93,904 as an MP and can anyone else borrow on the same terms?

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By: John holm https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231917 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:55:12 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231917 Advice is given. You don’t have to accept it. ! Sweet home

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By: Smiths’ Shoes https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231898 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:10:17 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231898 Not round ‘ere partner!

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By: Concerned Individual https://www.legalcheek.com/2025/09/shoosmiths-distances-itself-as-angela-rayner-tax-row-escalates/#comment-1231889 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:24:17 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=223788#comment-1231889 She should back up her words of one rule for them one rule for us, and be with the people, accept fault and resign. Or Starmer should grow a back bone and do what is correct and fire her.
If this was Tories they be shouting at the door, if this was a company they would be fired and never allowed to hold a board position.
One rule for them one rule for us.

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