Angela Rayner - 3 homes now

I realise that, Rosie, and I sympathise. I mentioned it because of the comments about 'reading the room', which is another irony given the number of times people who have cashed in their profits gloat about what they can buy elsewhere.

It's probably not meant to be offensive, but when the fact that they move to cheaper and pleasanter parts of the country makes it even more difficult for people out of London to buy, it doesn't go down well at all. I'm all for geographical mobility, but it only really works one way, and that is not to benefit people chasing jobs in London and the SE.

Here’s what The Independent has to say

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rayner-housing-labour-tax-property-hove-b2813332.html#comments-area

And they call it 3 properties too!

Quick, quick, somebody report them! 🤣🤣🤣

AGAA4

I've read through the posts and I think this is just an intense dislike of Angela Rayner and Labour rather than her accomodation. I remember the green trousers one by the same poster.

I think you could be right.

PoliticsNerd

AGAA4

I've read through the posts and I think this is just an intense dislike of Angela Rayner and Labour rather than her accomodation. I remember the green trousers one by the same poster.

I think you could be right.

the posts

All the posts?

I do think it's a fair criticism if someone is a member of a party which has spoken out against second home ownership then, when elected, does that very same thing which their party is against.

It's not fair to photograph her during her time off, drinking a glass of wine. In fact, I'm going to join her.
Cheers Ange 🥂

I do think it's a fair criticism if someone is a member of a party which has spoken out against second home ownership then, when elected, does that very same thing which their party is against.

It’s as if she’s saying her party’s rules don't apply to her.

I recall that being a big criticism of some members of the Tory party, so it should be equally fair to apply it to AR.
Not sure where the Green trouser suit fits into this, unless it was a freebie?

So can we expect a speech about change of policy?

I don't see any reason why not. The current government is known for more U turns than the cupboard under my sink. Plenty of time for more knee jerk policies yet.

I thought she was vaping? And didn't she pay rather a lot of money for a vanity photographer?

What she does not seem to realise is that when you are a prominent public figure you do not have 'days off', or in her case 'off days.'
According to tomorrow's DT she has declared her home in Ashton-under-Lyme as her primary residence, meaning the council tax due on her grace and favour residence in Admiralty House is paid by the taxpayer. So apparently she spends more time in Ashton-under Lyme, 200 miles away than she does in London. Or Hove.

I don’t know why anyone’s surprised. All politicians are exactly the same and mainly concerned with feathering their own nests.

eazybee

Quotes from articles in today's press. c. AR's property purchase.

"Housing minister "Matthew Pennycook has spoken in Parliament about the 'negative impacts of excessive concentrations of short-term lets and second homes', which affect 'local services' as well as 'the availability and affordability of homes for local residents to buy and rent'." "Housing department have already given town halls the power to double council tax on second homes."

"Ms Rayner has declared that Britain is in 'the middle of the most acute housing crisis in living memory', while Sir Keir Starmer has warned that second homes 'can impact the availability and affordability' of local properties"

"AR made £48,000 profit on her council house, bought under the Right to Buy Policy which she is now restricting. for other council tenants".

The above are all perfectly credible reasons why so many are deeply concerned by Angela Rayner's gross hypocrisy about the housing crisis in this country.

Criticising individuals or policymakers for benefiting from or capitalising on housing policies while simultaneously claiming care about the housing crisis is akin to expecting someone concerned about hunger to reduce their own food intake. It’s an unreasonable and unfair expectation. The quote underscores that caring about a problem doesn't mean one should be penalised or forced to give up their own opportunities, especially when their actions may be motivated by addressing systemic problems rather than personal greed.

Criticising individuals or policymakers for benefiting from or capitalising on housing policies while simultaneously claiming care about the housing crisis is akin to expecting someone concerned about hunger to reduce their own food intake. It’s an unreasonable and unfair expectation.

It is absolutely nothing like that at all, no comparison whatsoever.

Incidentally, I've just seen a photograph of people who are on a pilgrimage for peace and they are abstaining from food at the same time in support of the plight of those in Gaza. That seems to be rather foolish to me. It will not help the people of Gaza one jot.

Criticising individuals or policymakers for benefiting from or capitalising on housing policies while simultaneously claiming care about the housing crisis is akin to expecting someone concerned about hunger to reduce their own food intake. It’s an unreasonable and unfair expectation.

Allira
It is absolutely nothing like that at all, no comparison whatsoever.

Of course there is no comparison, but the argument PNis using is probably one that AR would use to justify her actions.

PN Criticising individuals or policymakers for benefiting from or capitalising on housing policies while simultaneously claiming care about the housing crisis is akin to expecting someone concerned about hunger to reduce their own food intake. It’s an unreasonable and unfair expectation.

Probably as fine example of false equivalence as you'll ever see.

Her actions are about the same as when the previous government directed the public to obey distancing rules and more during Covid, but decided they didn't apply to them because 'reasons'. So this Labour government (quite rightly in my opinion) thinks owning second homes (and especially holiday homes) has an unfair impact on housing needs and communities, but also thinks if any of its members wish to participate in buying holiday homes, that's absolutely fine. OK got it. Wrong for thee but not for me!

Or, as my dear MIL used to say "Do as I say, not as I do. Hypocrites, the lot of them!"

Casdon

She has bought a flat at the seaside, and has a house in her constituency. In London she lives in the flat allocated to her ministerial role, which she obviously doesn’t own.

How many MPs have the same arrangement- many. How many Gransnetters have a second home - quite a lot. Is it big news just because it’s Angela Rayner and the right wing press don’t like her - yes. Are we going to fall for a repeat of the Green Trousersuit thread - I sincerely hope not.

Didn’t she say that people who buy seaside homes are doing the locals out buying homes?

It is called 'setting an example.'

It doesn't matter what other people do; they are not members of the government cabinet who are attempting to formulate a working housing policy. Rayner has spoken out about the detrimental effect second homes have on the housing stock whilst buying an extremely expensive second property for her personal use, her excuse being that it is
closer to London than her constituency home.

Her grace-and -favour residence in Admiralty House is specifically for the use of high -ranking members of the government because of its closeness to Westminster, but she chooses to ignore this.

A rank hypocrite.

eazybee

It is called 'setting an example.'

It doesn't matter what other people do; they are not members of the government cabinet who are attempting to formulate a working housing policy. Rayner has spoken out about the detrimental effect second homes have on the housing stock whilst buying an extremely expensive second property for her personal use, her excuse being that it is
closer to London than her constituency home.

Her grace-and -favour residence in Admiralty House is specifically for the use of high -ranking members of the government because of its closeness to Westminster, but she chooses to ignore this.

A rank hypocrite.

Exactly this 👏👏

There’s certainly plenty of hypocrisy going on, of the green trouser suit thread variety.

Rosie51

PN Criticising individuals or policymakers for benefiting from or capitalising on housing policies while simultaneously claiming care about the housing crisis is akin to expecting someone concerned about hunger to reduce their own food intake. It’s an unreasonable and unfair expectation.

Probably as fine example of false equivalence as you'll ever see.

Her actions are about the same as when the previous government directed the public to obey distancing rules and more during Covid, but decided they didn't apply to them because 'reasons'. So this Labour government (quite rightly in my opinion) thinks owning second homes (and especially holiday homes) has an unfair impact on housing needs and communities, but also thinks if any of its members wish to participate in buying holiday homes, that's absolutely fine. OK got it. Wrong for thee but not for me!

Well put Rosie51.
That sums it up perfectly.
If we look back to see how many on GN criticised (quite rightly) the actions of those in the previous government who spouted rules, but ignored them personally, would it be the same as those who are defending AR?

As an aside I'm just interested where posters meet these people who incessantly gloat, crow or boast about selling up in London and buying a pile at the seaside. Tell me, is it at the U3A, at the WI or in the pub? I've never met anyone who sells in the capital and buys properties at the coast, like I have myself, and then proceeds to brag about their winnings. It's not mentioned at dinner parties we have, there's no gloating, and if anyone were that bothered, they could see on rightmove what I sold my London house for anyway and what I bought with the proceeds. So why crow? We just consider ourselves fortunate to be in such a beautiful part of the country.

I don't think Angela Rayner sold a place in London to buy her Hove apartment? I don't think she crows either. She'd just say it as it is! I get that in her position it seems a bit hypocritical, but it's not against the law.
Too many people having too much to say about other people's private business here. On this one, I don't see her in a bad light.
The green trouser suit, (seeing as it is being mentioned!), however.........

Clearly experience varies - quelle surprise

I didn't say it was 'incessant', incidentally, just that it happens. Often the reaction is enough to teach people to read the room. I did give the benefit of the doubt by saying that I don't think it is necessarily meant the way it comes across. I just don't think people always consider the impact on others of what they are doing. It's easy just to see the personal advantages - it's human nature, I suppose.

As for the 'hypocrisy' of which AR is accused - how does that compare to people who used to say they didn't need the WFA but still took it and then complained endlessly when it was withdrawn?

It’s not against the law but how can the people have any trust in a government whose members deliberately and openly flout its stated policies.

Seeing that happen was what sunk the Tory government and what will sink this one. I guess the individuals concerned will not worry, having made their personal fortunes.

And the door wide open to Reform😱

Even if AR is paying all tax due I think buying a second or third home in a seaside town when Labour is discouraging second home ownership on the grounds local people can't afford homes is the height of hypocrisy in a housing Minister.

27% of MPs own more than 1 property. 40% of MPs have registered an interest in more than 1 property.

Some MPs have interest in multiple properties.

MPs generally are three times more likely to own more than one home than the general public.

I think a better example of hypocrisy is Rushanara Ali. Her behaviour was indefensible, and it was absolutely right that she resigned.