Chancellor Sunak's wife richer than the Queen

Daisymae

I think that you will find the the super rich pay rather less in taxes than you would expect.

Well it's a good job that some of our wealthy do pay tax.

www.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/13/richest-britain-income-tax-revenues-institute-fiscal-studies

I don’t believe everything I read online from the BBC or the newspapers, but RS’s wife’s family’s wealth is old news anyway.
If he’s failed to declare his own family’s income for tax purposes that is a different matter and should be investigated. It’s never too late to pay up.

Sorry - 25Avalon

Riverwalk my husband and I have separate tax returns I do not put down his income or savings and he does not enter mine.

At least they haven’t buggered off to live in a tax haven e.g. Monaco, like other very rich people who don’t feel like diminishing their multi-millions by paying U.K. taxes.
Lewis Hamilton is one who springs to mind.

25Avalon

A survey in the UK showed that on the whole white people are richer than black people but the richest people are Asian.

Think again Avalon25. Of the top 9 richest billionaires in the UK in 2019, only one of them was Asian.

Best not to spread racists tropes.

I think that you will find the the super rich pay rather less in taxes than you would expect.

Gone are the days when wives and their goods were husbands property

Correct, now it's joint money within a long marriage.

So it has everything to do with his job.

Why so much sour grapes about the rich? So long as they pay their taxes they are helping the country and we would struggle without their money.

Her high tax rate will help to fill the coffers.
Nothing to do with her husband

Sunak has been an excellent chancellor during the pandemic.

Having just skimmed the post there seems to be some suggestion that Sunak didn't declare some of his wife's wealth when he should have according to the rules. I guess we will hear more about that as time goes on.

But whether his wife is richer than the queen or not is just irrelevant, and this does seem to be trying to dig up dirt just for the sake of it. We all knew they were well off. Lots of people are well off, it doesn't automatically make them bad politicians.

A survey in the UK showed that on the whole white people are richer than black people but the richest people are Asian.

Totally agree. Her money. Nothing to do with him.

I agree with the last two posters, his wife has her own money nothing to do with his job as I understand it.

As long as they pay the taxes they should they can have as much money as they want. That applies to everyone.

I don’t understand what his wife and her family and their wealth has to do with him doing his job.
Maybe he should have listed His wealth but surely not any money belonging to her family, unless they change the rules and then everyone who is an MP will have to do it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2-drVYPpo

If Mrs Sunak is richer than the Queen if its her earned or inherited income it’s hers not his.

Gone are the days when wives and their goods were husbands property.