Angela Rayner has defended her record in government on housing and workers’ rights, pointing to reforms introduced during her time as deputy prime minister and housing secretary amid growing debate over Labour’s direction.
Speaking as questions continue over the party’s future leadership, Rayner highlighted policies including renters’ rights legislation, planning reform, leasehold reform, employment protections and measures aimed at expanding social housing provision.
Rayner argued that the government had begun delivering structural reforms across housing and employment, while also acknowledging that Labour still needs to do more to convince younger voters the party is addressing their long-term concerns around housing affordability, security and living standards.
Rayner also reflects on Labour’s challenge in communicating its record more clearly, while defending reforms on housing, employment rights and wages as part of a wider attempt to show young people that politics can still change lives.
What a hypocrite – coughed up toot sweet her SDLT but no penalty from HMRC. How this was fast tracked with HMRC beyond me as most have at least a 45 minute wait just to get to speak to someone.
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Can you categorically and positively state that she didn’t wait for 45 minutes trying to speak to HMRC one day? I’m almost 100% certain that you cannot.
Secondly, if someone owed YOU £40,000, I’m sure that you would take their call immediately, especially if they offered to pay you right now…
Finally, my guess is that she had to pay some interest on the outstanding balance. However, this is not considered to be a penalty. It wouldn’t be for you and it wouldn’t be for me either.
Your outrage is no doubt personally sincere, but I do wonder how you got to your opinion…
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She had a high powered tax KC (paid for by Labour, I believe) who was handling the HMRC on her behalf. She didn’t make the calls. She did pay interest but unlike you or I would be, wasn’t fined for her ‘carelessness’ in refusing to consult a tax specialist to advise on her SDLT, when advised to do so by her solicitor. She’s a grifter who has escaped censure over her housing finances, and believed she could do so again with the SDLT. Arrogance and hipocrisy! And she nearly got away with it… again!
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My dear “friend” had you not called perhaps yourself HMRC to see the wait time upon any matter – I have & also needed to pay a shortfall. To be fair FYI time was actually 40 mins.
Secondly no personal umbrage save to say as before this woman is poisonous / no justification needed just look at her policies unless of course one might be a voter for the Greens.
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She is low life – total hypocrite
populism is a relative new word – it means POPULAR with the electorate
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As far as I can tell, all politicians become hypocrites, even if they didn’t start out that way. It would appear to be a requirement of the job, regardless of the political party you align yourself with.
Populism is not a new word, it was originally coined in the late 1800’s. You might like to look up its meaning on Wikipedia which has a well balanced article on it.
As far back as 1721, Jonathan Swift wrote along the lines of: “You cannot reason a person out of a belief he did not reason himself into in the first place.”
We all live our lives in our own little bubbles of information and beliefs. The vast majority of us do not want to truly consider other information and beliefs because it makes us uncomfortable and takes quite a lot of effort. We might hear them, but often we will simply dismiss them.
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is really difficult, but well worth the effort – I recommend it to you wholeheartedly!
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I have said similar RE politicians. I think in the local levels, they start out honestly wanting to help and support their local area, but then after a while, they forget who and what they work for.
Politicians need to remember that they were elected BY the people, FOR the people. They work for us, and should take every action with the consideration for doing the best for the majority of the country, not necessarily the richest of the country. There will never be an action that benefits everyone, with no complainers.
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Agree – in my agency tenure of 50years + I have dealt with several top end politicians from both main parties & generally found them reasonable when dealing with their personal property requirements.
However save to say most create an air of imposed self importance when in fact are an elected public servant.
Again – red Angie is poisonous- beware.
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What frightens me about the upcoming fight to become PM is that all the candidates will promise to bring rents down and make switching to being an owner occupier easier while forgetting the treasury gets 20% of the profits from private sector landlords and virtually zero from home owners and housing associations. It is dawning on Labour that the country is living beyond it’s means but they have yet to realise the unintended consequences of what their promises will cause!
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This is not about private sector landlords. It’s about Labour caving in to the powerful freehold lobby. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn in due course that Labour has received significant donations from freeholders.
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