Changes in taxation that Andy Burnham seems to be interested in

Just been reading he owns a property in London, does the King of the North.

Primrose53

Just been reading he owns a property in London, does the King of the North.

Yep and his mortgage interest paid for by the good old taxpayer. Said it before and I'll say it again - all got their snouts in the same trough.

Spinnaker

Primrose53

Just been reading he owns a property in London, does the King of the North.

Yep and his mortgage interest paid for by the good old taxpayer. Said it before and I'll say it again - all got their snouts in the same trough.

Why does the taxpayer pay his mortgage interest? Please provide a source. If you can't, you shouldn't spread rumours.

The flat was bought when he was an MP. It was bought legitimately because he was allowed a London home. He has very wisely decided to hang on to it and rent it out. Is there any evidence he has done anything illegal?

It's out there in plenty of news sources twaddle so perhaps don't be so quick to tell someone to stop spreading rumours.

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Thanks for the link, DAR. As always, Phil M talks a lot of sense.

As Richard Murphy said in his paper on Taxing Wealth, we need to increase the rate of capital gains tax to align with income tax. Murphy estimates that could raise 12 billion a year.

taxingwealth.uk/

Reeves has already made some changes to make the better off pay more tax on passive income but it passes most people by and Labour are poor at publicising their good policies.

We also need to reform council tax but it needs to be done carefully so as not to disadvantage those who are income poor but asset rich.

I like the idea of a national care service funded by a collective social insurance levy.

Spinnaker

It's out there in plenty of news sources twaddle so perhaps don't be so quick to tell someone to stop spreading rumours.

I'm acknowledging what you have written DAR, but I'd be interested in Spinnaker's sources. Why does the "taxpayer" pay the mortgage interest on a flat in London? You don't appear to have an answer, Spinnaker.

Spinnaker

It's out there in plenty of news sources twaddle so perhaps don't be so quick to tell someone to stop spreading rumours.

Andy Burnham's historical mortgage interest claims relate to his time as a Member of Parliament, when he claimed a total of £18,952 in expenses for the interest portion of his London flat mortgage between May 2010 and June 2012. These claims were permitted under the parliamentary rules at the time.

(Google)

Where's the evidence that the taxpayer is still paying his mortgage interest?