Angela Rener Criticism has faced this week Buying £ 800,000 seas coastal apartments in howWhich will be the third house for the Deputy Prime Minister.
Ms. Rener Manchester divides its time between a house of £ 350,000 in his constituency near Manchester and her central London Grace-end-favor flat at Admiralty House in Whitehall.
Initially, the criticism was centered around the allegations of hypocrisy, as Ms. Reneer, who is also Housing SecretaryPrepare additional 100 percent levy Council -free charge At other houses.
His ministerial colleague, Housing Minister Matthew Penicuk, Talking about the negative effects of “short-term letters and excessive concentrations of other houses” over local regions in Parliament, they have said that they affect the availability and strength of houses for local inhabitants “as well as local services” to buy and rent “.
Ms. Rener herself has warned that the UK is in the middle of the “most acute housing crisis in living memory”, while Sir Kir Stmper has stated that the other houses can affect the “availability and strength”.
Therefore, some critics have seized Ms. Rener on the purchase of another house, which is an example of ministers “one rule for them and another” approach.
However, sources close to the Housing Secretary have insisted that when it comes to buying another property, it has all followed all the rules and regulations for a long time – and all the appropriate councils have paid taxes and stamp duty.
Therefore, it is also possible to argue that, in advocating a clampdown on the owners of another household – Ms. Rener actually supports the policies for which her money will be spent in the long run, just because she thinks that it is right. In this regard, there is an argument that it actually reflects integrity rather than hypocrisy.
However, after the line deepened on Friday Wire Told that Ms. Rener rescued £ 40,000 in stamp duty on her new seaside flat after telling the tax authorities, it was her main home.
The newspaper reported that the deputy PM removed his name from his household chores in Greater Manchester a few weeks before purchasing the new flat, allowing him to avoid paying £ 70,000 in stamp duty, which was Hov’s second home. Instead, he is believed to have paid £ 30,000 in stamp duty.
While there is no suggestion that Ms. Rener has done anything illegal, such a step raises questions whether she has tried to fail the system that she oversees.
It will also question his commitment to his Ashton-under-ane constituency-like convention MPs are expected to spend a significant time in the area he represents.
In the middle of the row on his new How hov wealth, Toris are now also claiming that he has broken the electoral law to avoid paying the council tax on his London property.
The Council Tax Bill for Ms. Rener’s flat in London is currently forgiven as it is designated as a second house, an arrangement based on her argument that her family in Ashton-under-Alle is her primary residence.
But this week Tories have started the process of attempting attempts to remove the electoral rolls in Ashton-under-Lin, claiming that she “does not complete the legal tests to stay there”, Tory President Kevin Holinrak, the president of Tory Kevin Holinrak wanted high taxes at family homes on Ms. Rener, but does not want to pay himself.
If the Deputy Prime Minister is removed from the register in his constituency house, he is likely to be responsible for the Council Tax Bill at his London house.
It also causes a political problem, as if he does not have a permanent residence in his constituency, he is likely to face criticism in the next election, which is not being plugged into the local area to represent the people living there. Independent Ms. Rener is contacted for the comment.
However, Ms. Rener’s defenders have dismissed many allegations as “snowberry” towards the working class minister, stating that Ms. Rainer’s stay situation is far from being out of normal for the government’s minister.
The flat she uses at the Admiralty House in Whitehall has been used by several deputy PM before her – and keeping taxpayer funded London residence is a standard exercise for MPs.
Write IndependentFlick amendment Argued that “resentment over Rener has nothing to do with his ‘hypocrisy’. This is because Manchester has a successful, attractive woman of a comprehensive school, who does not talk that she has swallowed all plums in the icebox or a dress like the wife of the home counties, has dared to lift her head over the political parapet. ,
If the Deputy Prime Minister has fully followed the rules, it is also possible to argue that instead of criticizing people to buy other houses, instead we should focus on building more houses, so ownership is accessible to all – something is something that the government is already trying to do with them. Push to reach 1.5 million houses.