GB News Patrick Christys says what everyone is | UK News

Patrick Christys has described Angela Rayner‘s scenario as “untenable” following the Deputy Prime Minister’s admission of underpaying stamp obligation. The politician said she had been given incorrect legal advice which led to her underpaying tax when shopping for an £800,000 flat in Hove back in May. She paid roughly £30,000 in normal stamp obligation on the property. However, as she already successfully owned another home, she ought to have paid the upper second-home charge – nearer to £70,000. Speaking in an interview on Gossip Wire News, Ms Rayner admitted to underpaying £40,000 in stamp obligation on the second home, insisting it was her main residence after placing her Ashton-under-Lyme property into a trust for her disabled son.

Patrick detailed the unfolding scandal on GB News, telling viewers: “Angela Rayner used £160,000 from a trust set up to care for her disabled son to buy the £800,000 seafront flat at the front of a sleaze enquiry. The Deputy Prime Minister sold a 25 per cent share of her house in Ashton-under-Lyme to that trust for £162,500. She said on Wednesday that her son, who was born prematurely, had received an award in 2020 and a trust was then set up to look after his interests.”

He continued: “Bear that in mind – his interests. The Telegraph understands that the payout followed what was an eleven-year legal battle waged between Angela Rayner and her then-husband the hospital where her son was born.

“Sources instructed that the NHS had paid compensation following difficulties during his delivery and subsequent care back in 2008. Final funds for some of these awards can take years to be made because it is a prolonged course of for assessing long time period harm.”

Patrick said it is “unclear” how much money was paid out as part of those damages claims, but noted “it was clearly enough for the trust to buy Ms Rayner’s share at the end of January of this yr, that share of her home”.

The presenter went on: “She then used that money as a deposit on the flat in Hove that she bought in May this yr, on which she now has a £650,000 mortgage. However, she only paid £30,000 in stamp obligation quite than £70,000 that ought to’ve been paid in tax when buying a second home.”

Issuing a brutal blow to the politician, Patrick quipped: “That’s why she was very close to crying her coronary heart out with Beth Rigby this morning.”

After explaining that Ms Rayner attributed the stamp duty error to legal advice, Patrick claimed it would be difficult for her to “plead ignorance” regarding the rules.

He added: “However, actually, as the secretary of state for housing, which she is, I feel it is likely to be tough for her to plead ignorance when it comes to stamp obligation guidelines in relation to housing.”

The presenter then posed the question: “I suppose the query marks actually are, can she survive this? Because it might seem in the court of public opinion at least, that while she won’t have essentially finished something unlawful, this turns into just about untenable. I feel it was untenable before this latest revelation got here out.”