Rishi Sunak, Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer - and now UK PM

[cricketjoshila]

British media is big joke. It always has been. They are most corrupt and partisan that one can get.

They really need to come out of their colonial mindset. Some really believe they have the right to tell India how to act and India must obey.

 

[MenInG]

They really need to come out of their colonial mindset. Some really believe they have the right to tell India how to act and India must obey.

Thread is about what?

 

[Manunited18]

Let's stick to the topic which is about Rishi sunak, every day goes by and this guy is showing his incompetence.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

He doesn't have shares. His father in law who is an Indian has shares.

According to that article his wife has shares, that might not be illegal, but it looks bad for someone who is touting to be a PM - which he never will be. The British public are already starting to show a dislike for him, that is why you are getting this stuff in the press.

 

[Jadz]

Let's stick to the topic which is about Rishi sunak, every day goes by and this guy is showing his incompetence.

He is a millionaire married to a billionaire's daughter - he has zero understanding of poverty or the hardships faced by millions of families, individuals on low incomes or who are dependent upon welfare benefits. The increase in National Insurance and tax-cut will benefit none but the upper middle classes and very rich. With the exponential increase in food, fuel, clothes, shoes - all essentials - there is likely to be a corresponding exponential increase in the number of impoverished peoples. Food banks might struggle to cope, along with other charities.

But, this is what happens when people vote Tory - austerity increases, wealth is transferred to ruling classes and poverty explodes. Tories are attributing blame to Covid and Russia for the current crises confronting British people - but these crises are manufactured, pretty obvious since virtually every country on the planet is facing the same issues. Seems like a co-ordinated assault upon the poorest, most vulnerable in societies. And with the advent of Green Energy we can expect Green Taxes - both, inmo, epic scams.

 

[JaDed]

He is a millionaire married to a billionaire's daughter - he has zero understanding of poverty or the hardships faced by millions of families, individuals on low incomes or who are dependent upon welfare benefits. The increase in National Insurance and tax-cut will benefit none but the upper middle classes and very rich. With the exponential increase in food, fuel, clothes, shoes - all essentials - there is likely to be a corresponding exponential increase in the number of impoverished peoples. Food banks might struggle to cope, along with other charities.

But, this is what happens when people vote Tory - austerity increases, wealth is transferred to ruling classes and poverty explodes. Tories are attributing blame to Covid and Russia for the current crises confronting British people - but these crises are manufactured, pretty obvious since virtually every country on the planet is facing the same issues. Seems like a co-ordinated assault upon the poorest, most vulnerable in societies. And with the advent of Green Energy we can expect Green Taxes - both, inmo, epic scams.

Mr Jinnah, Mr Nehru, Mr Trudeau , Mr Imran Khan all rich leaders who never understood poverty either, if that was the criteria hardly anyone could become a leader [MENTION=30006]Jadz[/MENTION]

 

[Manunited18]

The same Rishi sunak who wasted 12 billion of Tax payers money on covid fraud, which has been written off. Where else does this kind of utter ineptness not lead to immediate dismissal.

 

[Jadz]

Mr Jinnah, Mr Nehru, Mr Trudeau , Mr Imran Khan all rich leaders who never understood poverty either, if that was the criteria hardly anyone could become a leader [MENTION=30006]Jadz[/MENTION]

It is not necessary to be poor to empathize with poor people - charities are not run by those starving to death, but very often by well-to-do people who have compassion for the most vulnerable in society. And, many wealthy people donate to, work for, charities because they want to extend a helping hand to the needy.

Regarding the leaders you mentioned - I am not talking about Pakistan, India or Canada (though it would be worth mentioning here that Imran Khan, even before he became PM, garnered massive international support to build hospitals, many of his Indian friends contributed - a thing India may be justly proud of - and since becoming PM continues the task of building hospitals and schools. He would not do that if he held the poor and sick in contempt) - so, with all due respect, may we return to the subject of Rishi Sunak, a smooth talker with zero empathy, humanity or interest in the condition of the poorest in this country.

You appear to interpret my post as an indirect attack upon Sunak because he is of Indian descent or because he is Hindu - which is incorrect. And to set the record straight, I would describe the (alleged) Health Secretary, Sajid Javid - of Pakistani/Muslim descent - in exactly the same way.

I am opposed to Tory ideology, therefore to its policies - the individuals, irrespective of their ethnicity or religion, that serve its interests and agendas are complicit in defrauding, impoverishing and cheating the British.

 

[JaDed]

It is not necessary to be poor to empathize with poor people - charities are not run by those starving to death, but very often by well-to-do people who have compassion for the most vulnerable in society. And, many wealthy people donate to, work for, charities because they want to extend a helping hand to the needy.

Regarding the leaders you mentioned - I am not talking about Pakistan, India or Canada (though it would be worth mentioning here that Imran Khan, even before he became PM, garnered massive international support to build hospitals, many of his Indian friends contributed - a thing India may be justly proud of - and since becoming PM continues the task of building hospitals and schools. He would not do that if he held the poor and sick in contempt) - so, with all due respect, may we return to the subject of Rishi Sunak, a smooth talker with zero empathy, humanity or interest in the condition of the poorest in this country.

You appear to interpret my post as an indirect attack upon Sunak because he is of Indian descent or because he is Hindu - which is incorrect. And to set the record straight, I would describe the (alleged) Health Secretary, Sajid Javid - of Pakistani/Muslim descent - in exactly the same way.

I am opposed to Tory ideology, therefore to its policies - the individuals, irrespective of their ethnicity or religion, that serve its interests and agendas are complicit in defrauding, impoverishing and cheating the British.

I was only pointing to the fact about understanding poverty, a leader doesn’t have to understand poverty to make changes for his country.

In that case Modi is the best leader India ever had due to his background.(which is not the case)

 

[Jadz]

I was only pointing to the fact about understanding poverty, a leader doesn’t have to understand poverty to make changes for his country.

In that case Modi is the best leader India ever had due to his background.(which is not the case)

I understand - thank you.

Why is Modi not the best leader India ever had? Indians voted him in twice - please correct me if I am wrong - and has placed Hindu nationalism front and centre of his platform. Isn't that what Indians wanted?

 

[Firebat]

Rishi that gave tens of billions of pounds to Tory buddies to waste on a failed Test and Trace app, but now making the tough honest statements to the public that there's no money left!

Pray tell Mr Sunak, tell us where the magic £37 billion you chucked away came from (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...-test-trace-dido-harding-report-b1814714.html)

Tories are and always will be a parasite on the nation.

 

[James]

Tories are and always will be a parasite on the nation.

Well, yes.

And yet go back approximately 300 years — ie when party politics began to dominate the British scene and the Prime Minister role grew in stature as the Monarch’s power diminished — and usually the Tories have ruled our nation.

The sheer lack of alternatives or credible opposition, and the often weak and fractured attempts to dislodge the Tory Party throughout our history, make for a thoroughly downbeat outlook on the whole.

Being now thoroughly institutionalised by long term Tory rule, the British have developed extremely low standards of their politics and their politicians when one thinks about it.

The Prime Minister is now the openly clownish womaniser and privileged privately schooled party boy Boris Johnson, who won his role easily and by a massive margin, and we just facilitate this stuff and accept it.

The Conservative Party is indeed gnawing and parasitical, but it continues to be left relatively unimpeded in its perpetual efforts to further destroy and degrade the UK.

The Tories can do pretty much whatever they like with our country. Ultimately — because we have allowed them to do so.

(And the less said about the modern/current “formal opposition” to them in parliament, the better!!)

 

[cricketjoshila]

Thread is about what?

Rishi Sunak. But suddenly the British Media thinks his Father in Law, who has no connection to UK politics needs to be dragged in.

Mr Murthy is following the law of the nation he lives in.

Funny thing is Murthy no longer holds any executive position at infy.

 

[Firebat]

Well, yes.

And yet go back approximately 300 years — ie when party politics began to dominate the British scene and the Prime Minister role grew in stature as the Monarch’s power diminished — and usually the Tories have ruled our nation.

The sheer lack of alternatives or credible opposition, and the often weak and fractured attempts to dislodge the Tory Party throughout our history, make for a thoroughly downbeat outlook on the whole.

Being now thoroughly institutionalised by long term Tory rule, the British have developed extremely low standards of their politics and their politicians when one thinks about it.

The Prime Minister is now the openly clownish womaniser and privileged privately schooled party boy Boris Johnson, who won his role easily and by a massive margin, and we just facilitate this stuff and accept it.

The Conservative Party is indeed gnawing and parasitical, but it continues to be left relatively unimpeded in its perpetual efforts to further destroy and degrade the UK.

The Tories can do pretty much whatever they like with our country. Ultimately — because we have allowed them to do so.

(And the less said about the modern/current “formal opposition” to them in parliament, the better!!)

To think an openly islamaphobic and racist clown with a public record of being a pathological liar, so much so that he's been sacked twice for it, could win an election with such ease is thoroughly depressing.

With the rise of Rishi, it feels inevitable that he will take over the reigns and the never-ending nightmare thus continuing.

 

[shaz619]

To think an openly islamaphobic and racist clown with a public record of being a pathological liar, so much so that he's been sacked twice for it, could win an election with such ease is thoroughly depressing.

With the rise of Rishi, it feels inevitable that he will take over the reigns and the never-ending nightmare thus continuing.

People are so gullible, he’s almost like a celebrity now and you see the narrow minded public take selfies with him and what not.
[MENTION=1842]James[/MENTION] is correct, we’ve allowed the Tories to thrive really and the opposition has always been extremely weak, look how long it has been.

We have to do what’s best for us now whether we go right or left.

 

[MenInG]

Rishi Sunak has been forced to defend his spring statement over claims that it failed to help the poorest in a testy appearance before MPs.

The chancellor was questioned about his decision not to match benefits, due to rise by just 3.1% in April, to the surge in inflation to an expected 8% this spring.

Mr Sunak, who appeared before the Treasury select committee to discuss the spring statement, stressed that his focus was on trying to keep borrowing under control - after public finances were battered by the pandemic - and ease the tax burden for working people.

He has been criticised for failing to help the worst-off, however, with the Resolution Foundation think tank suggesting the package of measures last week would push 1.3 million people, including 500,000 children, into poverty.

Rising global energy prices, partly caused by the Ukraine war, are driving households bills higher, causing the cost of living to spiral.

Mr Sunak said he disagreed with the idea that "government can or should" compensate everybody for the resulting real-terms hit to their finances, especially when global factors are at play.

He was pressed on why he had still chosen to announce tax-cutting measures rather than give more help to those who were out of work.

Mr Sunak told MPs that because of the way the social security system operates it would not have been possible to scale up benefits at such short notice.

He also said he had decided to keep borrowing down "at a time when we are worried about the macroeconomic outlook, particularly with regard to interest rates and inflation".

He said borrowing was already forecast to be 60% higher than the post-war average.

"My job is to make the right long-term decisions and my view is that an excessive amount of borrowing now is not the responsible thing to do," Mr Sunak said.

That would risk stoking inflation further, hitting the poorest even harder, he added.

Labour MP Angela Eagle said Mr Sunak had not done enough to stop the poorest suffering "massively" from the "vicious" prices spiral.

Mr Sunak said: "We made a choice to cut taxes on working people - 30 million people in work will benefit from the increase in personal tax thresholds, disproportionately those on lower and middle incomes.

"Someone else sitting here could have said 'I'd rather spend that £6bn on the welfare system', that's absolutely a choice somebody else could have made."

He said he believed other policies to help the poorest such as helping them from welfare to work and £9bn worth of loans to offset rising energy bills were the right approach.

"I think the mix of policies we've got is the right mix," the chancellor added.

SKY

 

[James]

<b>I know how Will Smith felt about his wife being criticised, says Rishi Sunak</b>

Rishi Sunak has said he finds it "very upsetting" that his wife has faced criticism over shares she owns in a tech company operating in Russia.

The chancellor compared his feelings to those of film star Will Smith, whose own wife was mocked at the Oscars.

But he joked: "At least I didn't get up and slap anybody, which is good."

Mr Sunak's wife Akshata Murty owns shares thought to be worth more than £400m in Indian firm Infosys, founded by her father, Narayana.

The chancellor has himself come in for several days of criticism over last week's Spring Statement, which opposition parties say did too little to address the spiralling cost of living.

He told the BBC's Newscast podcast: "I think it's totally fine for people to take shots at me. It's fair game. I'm the one sitting here and that's what I signed up for."

But he added: "It's very upsetting and, I think, wrong for people to try and come at my wife, and you know, beyond that actually, with regard to my father-in-law, for whom I have nothing but enormous pride and admiration for everything that he's achieved.

"And no amount of attempted smearing is going to make me change that because he's wonderful and has achieved a huge amount."

Mr Sunak also mentioned England cricket captain Joe Root, whose team lost a Test series to the West Indies at the weekend, and Mr Smith, who slapped comedian Chris Rock in the face when he mocked his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, over her alopecia at Sunday's Oscars.

He told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: "Someone said, 'Joe Root, Will Smith, and me - not the best of weekends for any of us.'

"But I feel, on reflection, both Will Smith and me having our wives attacked - at least I didn't get up and slap anybody, which is good."

Multinational software giant Infosys has kept what it calls a "small team of employees based out of Russia" following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Labour and the Lib Dems have said Mr Sunak has questions to answer about whether his family benefits from the shareholding at a time when he is calling for UK businesses to divest from Russia.

UK inflation is surging, on the back rising food and energy prices, with Office for Budget Responsibility predicting that living standards will drop by 2.2% this year - the largest fall since the 1950s.

Labour has urged Mr Sunak to do more to reduce the pressure on households by imposing a windfall tax on profits made by gas and oil firms.

But the chancellor said: "I'm confident in what we've done. I know it's tough for people.

"We're facing a very difficult situation with the price of things going up and I want to do what we can to ameliorate some of that, but I'm also honest with people that we can't ameliorate all of it, sadly."

Mr Sunak added that he did not think increasing government borrowing to give households more help "would be sensible", adding:

"Actually, it has the risk of making the problem worse when you've got inflation and interest rates going up."

He added: "Some of these things are difficult. They're certainly unpopular. But they're responsible and will help us in the long-term and I'm not going to deviate from that just for some short-term popularity gain."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60941902

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Wow, now Rishi is using his wife as a human shield. Not a good move, the British public aren't going to take kindly to seeing him compare him trying to link his wife's wealth activities with Will Smith's wife who has a genuine hair loss affliction.

 

[James]

Wow, now Rishi is using his wife as a human shield. Not a good move, the British public aren't going to take kindly to seeing him compare him trying to link his wife's wealth activities with Will Smith's wife who has a genuine hair loss affliction.

Yes, it was a really odd comparison to start with, and then he brings in Joe Root out of nowhere as well. Bizarre interview.

 

[shaz619]

Yes, it was a really odd comparison to start with, and then he brings in Joe Root out of nowhere as well. Bizarre interview.

Rishi is a smarter weasel then folk think, he’s good at using social media trends to try and put himself over / gain a few brownie points (am sure public be trying to take selfies with him and what not) and try to come across as the hip guy who is trying to help everyone when he has screwed over more than half the population

 

[James]

<b>Infosys: Tech firm part-owned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife closing Russia office</b>

Indian tech giant Infosys, in which UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife owns shares thought to be worth more than £400m, is closing its office in Russia.

Sources told the BBC that the company was trying to find replacement roles abroad for staff employed in Moscow.

Infosys has been under pressure to cease its Russian operations following the invasion of Ukraine.

And Mr Sunak has faced questions over wife Akshata Murty's shares in the firm, which was founded by her father.

Earlier, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News it was important for the chancellor to reveal whether his family had been "benefiting from money made in Russia when the [UK] government has put in place sanctions" on firms and individuals following the invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Sunak told the BBC's Newscast podcast this week that he had found criticism of his wife "very upsetting", adding that he understood how film star Will Smith had felt when his own wife had been mocked by comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars over her medical condition.

But he joked: "At least I didn't get up and slap anybody, which is good."

Infosys, one of India's biggest companies with a presence in about 50 countries, set up an engineering centre in Moscow in 2016 and it is thought that up to 100 people are employed there.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, many global IT firms suspended operations in the country, but Infosys has kept what it called "a small team... based out of Russia that services some of our global clients" until now.

"We do not have any active business relationships with local Russian enterprises," it added in a recent statement.

A spokesperson for Infosys declined to comment on the decision to close the Moscow office or what its future involvement with companies operating in Russia would be.

Ms Murty's shareholding of 0.9% of Infosys is estimated to be worth more than £400m.

A spokesperson for Mr Sunak has previously said neither she nor any members of her family "have any involvement in the operational decisions of the company".

But Labour and the Liberal Democrats have insisted the chancellor has questions to answer about whether his family benefits from the shareholding at a time when he is calling for UK businesses to divest from Russia.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer told Sky News it was "in the public interest" to do so.

He added: "I'm not attacking their family but I do want to know if the chancellor's household is benefiting from money from a company that's investing in Russia when the government is saying quite rightly that nobody should be doing that."

The chancellor told Newscast that, being in public life, he was himself "fair game" for criticism, but it was "very upsetting and, I think, wrong for people to try and come at my wife".

Infosys, which has offices in London, Edinburgh and Nottinghamshire, announced last year that it was hiring 1,000 extra staff in the UK.

India's government, unlike the UK's, has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and did not vote against it at the United Nations Security Council.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60952063

 

[MenInG]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife, Akshata Murty, has revealed she has non-domiciled status for UK tax purposes.

The status means Ms Murty legally does not have to pay UK tax on income she earns outside Britain.

But Ms Murty's spokeswoman told the BBC she pays all the tax that is legally required in the UK.

Labour said it was "staggering" Mr Sunak's family "may have been benefitting from tax reduction schemes".

The party's shadow Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq called on the chancellor to "urgently explain how much he and his family have saved on their own tax bill at the same time he was putting taxes up for millions of working families".

The story - first reported in the Independent - comes on the day the National Insurance rise came into force.

The government says the increase will raise £39bn which can be spent on health and social care.

Responding to the report, Ms Murty's spokeswoman confirmed that "according to British law, Ms Murty is treated as non-domiciled for UK tax purposes.

"She has always and will continue to pay UK taxes on all her UK income," she said.

The BBC has been told that Ms Murty does pay taxes abroad on her foreign income.

Ms Murty, who is a fashion designer, was born in India in 1980 and holds an Indian passport.

She married Mr Sunak in 2009. Her father NR Narayana Murty founded the IT services company Infosys which has grown to be one of India's biggest firms and he is now a billionaire.

Ms Murty is reported to own a little under 1% of the shares of Infosys with a value estimated last month of more than £500m. She also has interests in several companies in the UK.

Ms Murty's spokeswoman said: "Akshata Murty is a citizen of India, the country of her birth and parents' home. India does not allow its citizens to hold the citizenship of another country simultaneously."

A resident of the UK would have to actively declare they believed themselves to be eligible for "non-domiciled" status from HMRC.

Asked to confirm this is what Ms Murty did, a government source said: "Her domicile status is a matter of fact/law determined by her specific circumstances (domicile at birth)", but added they would not be commenting further on a private individual's tax status.

It is understood that Mr Sunak made the Cabinet Office aware of his wife's tax status as part of his declaration of interests when he first became a minister in 2018. The Treasury was also made aware of the fact in case there were any conflicts of interest.

BBC

 

[James]

<b>Rishi Sunak faces questions over wife Akshata Murty's non-dom tax status</b>

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing calls to "come clean" on his family's financial affairs after it emerged his wife benefits from a tax-saving scheme.

Akshata Murty has non-dom status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on income earned abroad.

Ms Murty earns money from shares in an Indian software giant founded by her billionaire father.

Her spokeswoman said she pays all tax due in the UK - but Labour called for "complete transparency".

Under the rules, people can be granted non-dom status if they live in the UK but intend to return to their home country.

Ms Murty is an Indian citizen and has retained family ties to India. The BBC understands that she has said she would eventually like to return there.

If she lived in the UK for 15 years she would automatically lose her non-dom status, under the rules, but she has declined to say when it came into effect.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Sunak had "very serious questions to answer" about his family's finances.

"If it now transpires that his wife has used schemes to reduce her tax, while he's been increasing taxes on working people, that's breathtaking hypocrisy," said Sir Keir.

It "just goes to show just how out of touch this chancellor is" at a time when taxes were increasing for millions of workers, he added.

Labour has written to the chancellor demanding to know if he has benefited from Ms Murty's tax status.

Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: "Sunak now needs to come clean about which country his family pays tax in abroad and if it is a tax haven."

The Lib Dems have urged Mr Sunak to ban the partners of ministers from claiming non-dom status, calling it a "loophole".

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng defended Mr Sunak, saying it was "completely unfair" to scrutinise the tax affairs of Ms Murty, "who is not a politician".

He also rejected opposition claims that Ms Murty was "sheltering" from UK taxes.

He told BBC Breakfast: "I think she's been very clear, she's been very transparent, the chancellor's been very transparent, and this non-dom status has been part of the UK tax system for more than 200 years."

When asked about the criticism of Mr Sunak over his wife's tax affairs, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I think it's very important in politics to keep people's families out of it.".

Last week, Mr Sunak told the BBC it was "very upsetting" to see his wife being criticised in the media, as she was not an elected politician.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61017993

 

[James]

Not good optics for the Chancellor.

 

[Technics 1210]

He is being exposed for what he is - a trojan Hindutva puppet.

He taxes the poor, but his wife evades tax.

He must resign with immediate effect.

 

[James]

I think he either has to resign or his wife has to become a full UK taxpayer. The only options.

 

[irfan]

He is being exposed for what he is - a trojan Hindutva puppet.

He taxes the poor, but his wife evades tax.

He must resign with immediate effect.

He was already exposed as a charlatan, but this puts paid to his Prime Minister ambitons, how can you have a British PM whose wife is a non-dom yet effectively permanently resides in the UK.

 

[Technics 1210]

I think he either has to resign or his wife has to become a full UK taxpayer. The only options.

I received my HMRC SA bill, I do not have the option to ignore it let alone pay it off in installments! Yet the wife of #11 not only evades tax, and gets to live in the UK while freeloading and gaining access to all services including the NHS!

 

[Technics 1210]

He was already exposed as a charlatan, but this puts paid to his Prime Minister ambitons, how can you have a British PM whose wife is a non-dom yet effectively permanently resides in the UK.

Have you read Sunak’s latest defence? He says he knows what Will Smith was feeling the night he slapped Chris Rock after being questioned on his wife’s antics. Pathetic.

 

[James]

So that is probably the main rival to Boris for PM now vanquished. The blonde one survives again. Sunak’s approval ratings are nosediving by the day.

 

[shaz619]

<b>Rishi Sunak faces questions over wife Akshata Murty's non-dom tax status</b>

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing calls to "come clean" on his family's financial affairs after it emerged his wife benefits from a tax-saving scheme.

Akshata Murty has non-dom status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on income earned abroad.

Ms Murty earns money from shares in an Indian software giant founded by her billionaire father.

Her spokeswoman said she pays all tax due in the UK - but Labour called for "complete transparency".

Under the rules, people can be granted non-dom status if they live in the UK but intend to return to their home country.

Ms Murty is an Indian citizen and has retained family ties to India. The BBC understands that she has said she would eventually like to return there.

If she lived in the UK for 15 years she would automatically lose her non-dom status, under the rules, but she has declined to say when it came into effect.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Sunak had "very serious questions to answer" about his family's finances.

"If it now transpires that his wife has used schemes to reduce her tax, while he's been increasing taxes on working people, that's breathtaking hypocrisy," said Sir Keir.

It "just goes to show just how out of touch this chancellor is" at a time when taxes were increasing for millions of workers, he added.

Labour has written to the chancellor demanding to know if he has benefited from Ms Murty's tax status.

Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine said: "Sunak now needs to come clean about which country his family pays tax in abroad and if it is a tax haven."

The Lib Dems have urged Mr Sunak to ban the partners of ministers from claiming non-dom status, calling it a "loophole".

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng defended Mr Sunak, saying it was "completely unfair" to scrutinise the tax affairs of Ms Murty, "who is not a politician".

He also rejected opposition claims that Ms Murty was "sheltering" from UK taxes.

He told BBC Breakfast: "I think she's been very clear, she's been very transparent, the chancellor's been very transparent, and this non-dom status has been part of the UK tax system for more than 200 years."

When asked about the criticism of Mr Sunak over his wife's tax affairs, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I think it's very important in politics to keep people's families out of it.".

Last week, Mr Sunak told the BBC it was "very upsetting" to see his wife being criticised in the media, as she was not an elected politician.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61017993

Shocking, I thought the Tories were upstanding Tax paying citizen's

 

[Rana]

I don’t understand the issue with these people.

His wife is a billionaire, swimming in cash! Why does she try to penny pinch a few thousand grand due to loopholes in the UK tax system? Just pay up the money lady! You are not going to lose anything!

 

[Rana]

Can the chancellor’s wife not pay for everyone’s gas/elect bills until the issue is resolved?

 

[Rana]

Shocking, I thought the Tories were upstanding Tax paying citizen's

She apparently hasn’t broken the law because she has to go back to her country and live there. She will most likely do that now but I don’t understand what exactly is the need to penny pinch like this?

 

[shaz619]

She apparently hasn’t broken the law because she has to go back to her country and live there. She will most likely do that now but I don’t understand what exactly is the need to penny pinch like this?

Pure Tory greed, they don’t like paying Tax, they’d not pay a penny if it came to it. These benefit scroungers have been looting the country for generations and living of the hard work of working people. These folk simply don’t want to contribute to our society and believe they are doing all a favour and the country owes them nothing. The UK isn’t perfect but we have the opportunities which we do and it’s not because of people like his mrs, Tory vermin.

 

[MenInG]

Mr Sunak told The Sun: "People, I don't think, have an issue with the fact that there's an Indian woman living in Downing Street."

The chancellor came out fighting after the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused him of "breath-taking hypocrisy" over his Indian-born wife's status as a "non-dom".

That means, because she is an Indian citizen she does not have to pay UK tax on income from foreign investments or earnings, but pays UK taxes on her UK income.

Mr Sunak claimed the attacks on his wife, Akshata Murty, were unpleasant and unfair and insisted his wife had done nothing wrong or broken any rules but had followed the letter of the law.


"I would hope that most fair-minded people would understand - though I appreciate that it is a confusing situation that she is from another country," he said.

Rishi Sunak is in his most difficult period as chancellor - and it could be about to get worse

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murthy as they attend a reception to celebrate the British Asian Trust at the British Museum, in London. Picture date: Wednesday February 9, 2022.

"Every single penny that she earns in the UK she pays UK taxes on, of course she does.

"And every penny that she earns internationally, for example in India, she would pay the full taxes on that.

"That is how the system works for people like her who are international who have moved here."

Rejecting Sir Keir's claims of hypocrisy, Mr Sunak admitted non-dom status had been tarnished by some British-born people attempting to use it to dodge tax.

But he insisted this was not about attempting to pay less tax, saying: "The rates don't make a difference.

"I can appreciate people find this situation confusing.

"But what it comes down to is, my wife was born in India, raised in India. Her family home is in India, she obviously has a very close connection. She has investments and a career independent of me.

"She had this well before we met, before she moved to this country.

"It wouldn't be reasonable or fair to ask her to sever ties with her country because she happens to be married to me.

"She loves her country. Like I love mine, I would never dream of giving up my British citizenship. And I imagine most people wouldn't."

But Mr Sunak said she is not a British citizen and cannot hold dual citizenship while remaining an Indian, so she pays tax in both countries.

"These are her choices, right?" he said. "She's a private citizen, and of course I support my wife's choices. She's not her husband's possession.

"Yes, he's in politics, and we get that but I think you know, we get that she can be someone independent of her husband in her own right.

"She has had her own career. She has her own investments and is paying the taxes that she owes in the UK. She is 100% doing everything this country asks of her."

Mr Sunak said it was unfair to go after his wife because she is a private citizen. He added: "I'm an elected politician. So I know what I signed up for.

"And you know that my motivation in this is trying to do the right thing for the country.

"And I know that that's not always popular. So I didn't get into this to have popular headlines, I got into this to do what I think is right.

"And I'm signed up for that and you know, you're going to get criticism for the decisions you make. But it's different when people are trying to attack you by coming at your family and particularly your wife. It's unpleasant, especially when she hasn't done anything wrong.

"She hasn't broken any rules. She's followed the letter of the law.

"And if she was living here and didn't just happen to be married to me this obviously would not be at all relevant."

He continued: "There's a difference between people who are elected and, obviously, rightly subjected to scrutiny and accountability. And that's completely fair and reasonable.

"But their families are not elected politicians. They are private citizens. And especially as she hasn't done anything wrong."

On her non-dom status, he said: "I appreciate that in the past British people were trying to use this thing to basically not pay any tax in the UK. I can see that from my inbox, right? That's a very clear perception.

"But that's not the case here. She's not a British citizen. She's from another country. She's from India.

"That's where her family is. That's where she, you know, ultimately will want to go and look after her parents as they get older.

"She pays full UK tax on every penny that she earns here in the same way that she pays full international tax on every penny that she earns internationally, say, in India."

Mr Sunak also claimed people are using her family wealth to attack him, saying: "These are attempted smears of my father-in-law, who I'm just enormously proud of.

"That guy came from nothing and has created a world-class business that employs I think about a quarter of a million people around the world and changed the face of India.

"If I achieved a tenth of what my father-in-law achieved in his life, I'd be a happy person. I'm really proud of what he's achieved."

SKY

 

[MenInG]

Rishi Sunak should not be involved in any decision about reforming "non-dom" tax rules given the "clear conflict of interest" presented by his wife's status, Labour has argued.

The party's shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry stepped up pressure on the chancellor after he described the scrutiny of his multi-millionaire spouse Akshata Murty's financial affairs as a "smear".

Meanwhile, the focus on Mr Sunak has widened as Sky News has been told that the MP and his wife held US green cards - permitting him residence in the country - until more than a year into his time at 11 Downing Street.

Green card holders must pay US tax on their worldwide income and pledge that the US is their forever home. A source close to Mr Sunak said neither he nor his wife have green cards but refused to say if they had them during any of his time as chancellor.

Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Pat McFadden said there "must be transparency on this question of the green card".

Having the status enables Ms Murty, the Indian-born daughter of a billionaire tech boss, to reduce her tax liability - and means her permanent home is considered to be outside the UK despite the Sunaks living in Downing Street.

Somerton and Frome MP David Warburton has Tory whip withdrawn pending investigation into allegations about his conduct

Ms Murty, who owns a 0.9% stake worth hundreds of millions of pounds in her father's company Infosys, pays an annual levy of £30,000 to the UK government to keep her non-dom status, her spokeswoman has confirmed.

Mr Sunak has bristled over scrutiny of his wife's tax affairs, telling the Sun newspaper in an interview that: "To smear my wife to get at me is awful."

The chancellor won support in some quarters, with energy minister Greg Hands telling LBC that the attention on Ms Murty was "a little bit unpleasant".

Tobias Ellwood, a senior Tory backbencher who has been critical of the prime minister recently, also called for the focus to shift away from the chancellor's wife but did tell Sky News that the rules on non-dom status were "out of date" and needed to be reviewed.

But Ms Thornberry said: "There is a clear conflict of interest here because the chancellor of the exchequer is responsible for the rules on non-doms.

"He has a wife who made a positive decision to become a non-dom, which meant that she doesn't pay tax on her worldwide income but only on her income in the UK."

She suggested that while what Mr Sunak's wife has done is "perfectly legal", it was questionable whether it was fair given the rising tax burden being imposed on the British public, adding: "He's expecting us all to pull our weight but not his partner."

Ms Thornberry said: "He should have declared that his wife was a non-dom because he's responsible for the rules on non-doms.

"If you look at the details, it does seem a bit odd sometimes - she's been here eight years, she's got kids, she's living in Downing Street in a taxpayers' flat, but she's not here as a permanent resident. It does seem odd.

"It may be that they may have had discussions in the Treasury about updating these rules, making sure they're more relevant.

"Would he have been involved in those discussions? He shouldn't have been and he should have declared that he had a conflict of interest."

The chancellor has come out fighting after the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer accused him of "breath-taking hypocrisy" over his Indian-born wife's status as a "non-dom".

That means, because she is an Indian citizen she does not have to pay UK tax on income from foreign investments or earnings, but pays UK taxes on her UK income.

Mr Sunak told the Sun his wife had done nothing wrong or broken any rules but had followed the letter of the law.

"Every single penny that she earns in the UK she pays UK taxes on, of course she does," he said.

"And every penny that she earns internationally, for example in India, she would pay the full taxes on that.

"That is how the system works for people like her who are international who have moved here."

SKY

 

[irfan]

Have you read Sunak’s latest defence? He says he knows what Will Smith was feeling the night he slapped Chris Rock after being questioned on his wife’s antics. Pathetic.

It gets even better now or worse for Sunak as it transpires both he & his wife held USA Green cards until a year into his Chancellorship role! Holders of a Green card are required to pay USA tax on their worldwide income and to pledge to make the USA their permanent home.

How the hell was he allowed to become an MP, never mind assuming the 2nd most powerful Cabinet role if this was the case. He needs to resign now.

 

[Manunited18]

It's pretty much like a pandora box with the conservatives, yet it just gets swept under the carpet.

 

[silentkiller187]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife could save herself £280m in UK tax thanks to a loophole created by a treaty between the UK and India dating from the 1950s.

Akshata Murty has "non-dom" status, meaning she does not have to pay UK tax on income earned abroad.

Non-dom status "wears off" after 15 years and the person is subject to all tax requirements of a UK citizen - including on their estate.

But there is an exception for Indian citizens around inheritance tax.

A technicality means that even if Ms Murty agrees to pay UK taxes on her worldwide income, but retains her non-dom status, she can still benefit from a provision in a 1956 treaty that was designed to stop Indian citizens being double-taxed on their estates in the UK and India.

Ms Murty earns money from shares in an Indian software giant founded by her billionaire father.

India abolished inheritance tax in the 1980s, but this tax exemption was never revoked.

So Ms Murty could have her estate taxed there at zero upon her death, rather than in the UK at 40% - saving £280m on her £700m stake in the company founded by her father.

Like her current reduced tax rate on her worldwide income - this would be perfectly legal, and HMT Treasury has said that the chancellor provided all relevant information on his interests when he became a minister.

As Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has ultimate oversight of all fiscal matters in the UK. That includes regular reviews of the non-dom rules.

Reviewing rules which directly affect the financial arrangements of his own family members seems uncomfortable at best, a direct conflict of interest at worst. Others, including the chancellor's political opponents, have suggested that Mr Sunak should move his power over non-dom policy to another department.

On reported dividends of £11.5m from £700m worth of shares, Ms Murty would have paid tax at 39.5% as a UK citizen, which works out as £4.5m.

As an Indian citizen, the Indian government would tax dividends at 20% (a withholding tax). The UK government would tax the difference between that and the UK rate, or 19.5%. So Ms Murty saves £2.1m per year through her "non-dom" status.

She has also reportedly received income from companies based in Mauritius, which enjoys a more favourable tax treaty with India where the Indian government withholds just 15% of dividend income from Indian companies.

It is not known whether Murty holds these shares through a company based in a Mauritius or any other tax haven.

Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for "full transparency" from the chancellor over his family's finances.

A spokesperson for HM Treasury said: "The chancellor provided a full list of all relevant interests when he first became a Minister in 2018, as required by the Ministerial Code.

"The Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests has confirmed that they are completely satisfied with the steps the Chancellor has taken to meet the requirements of the Code."

To be clear, Akshata Murty is not accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever. But someone with preferential tax status living in Number 11 Downing Street does pose uncomfortable questions for the other adult resident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61041926

 

[silentkiller187]

It gets even better now or worse for Sunak as it transpires both he & his wife held USA Green cards until a year into his Chancellorship role! Holders of a Green card are required to pay USA tax on their worldwide income and to pledge to make the USA their permanent home.

How the hell was he allowed to become an MP, never mind assuming the 2nd most powerful Cabinet role if this was the case. He needs to resign now.

Judging by what Bojo has managed to doge so far, will probably get swept under the carpet, unless Bojo is doing the leaking himself?

 

[cricketjoshila]

I think he either has to resign or his wife has to become a full UK taxpayer. The only options.

Her wife is an Indian citizen and her income in Infosys is in India.

If she is made to pay taxes in UK, then reciprocal measures on UK businesses in India may apply too. Though practically it may not happen.

His wife is not a public figure, why is she being dragged into this?

 

[cricketjoshila]

I don’t understand the issue with these people.

His wife is a billionaire, swimming in cash! Why does she try to penny pinch a few thousand grand due to loopholes in the UK tax system? Just pay up the money lady! You are not going to lose anything!

Is she earning that Money in UK? No. Its in India. Where she pays taxes on that earning.

 

[silentkiller187]

Her wife is an Indian citizen and her income in Infosys is in India.

If she is made to pay taxes in UK, then reciprocal measures on UK businesses in India may apply too. Though practically it may not happen.

His wife is not a public figure, why is she being dragged into this?

Her husband makes the rules on tax etc, conflict of intrest.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Her husband makes the rules on tax etc, conflict of intrest.

India UK DTAA was signed in 1956. Was Rishi Sunak the Chancellor then?

Did Rishi Sunak make the Non Dom rules?

 

[silentkiller187]

India UK DTAA was signed in 1956. Was Rishi Sunak the Chancellor then?

Did Rishi Sunak make the Non Dom rules?

No but he is in charge of regularly reviewing them, which like i said is a conflict of intrest if his wife is benefitting from it

 

[silentkiller187]

Rishi Sunak has admitted holding a US green card while chancellor but his spokesman has insisted all rules have been followed.

It follows a Sky News report earlier that the chancellor and his wife Akshata Murthy held US green cards - permitting him residence in the country - until more than a year into his time at 11 Downing Street.

Mr Sunak's spokeswoman confirmed the report, saying he had held a green card while chancellor until around October, having become chancellor in February 2020.

Green card holders must pay US tax on their worldwide income and pledge that the US is their forever home.

"Rishi Sunak had a green card when he lived and worked in the US," the spokeswoman said.

"Under US law, you are not presumed to be a US resident just by dint of holding a green card. Furthermore, from a US immigration perspective, it is presumed that permanent resident status is automatically abandoned after prolonged absences from the US.

"All laws and rules have been followed and full taxes have been paid where required in the duration he held his green card."

However, the US Department of Homeland Security website states: "A green card holder is a permanent resident that has been granted authorization to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis."

Pressure has been building on the chancellor since a poorly-received spring statement last month that critics said did too little to address the cost of living crisis - and polls suggest his popularity is plummeting among voters.

Then came a revelation about his £100,000 donation to his old boarding school, Winchester, adding to the focus on his personal wealth and that of his multi-millionaire wife.

Sunak is doing an 'absolutely astounding job'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson had earlier insisted that Rishi Sunak had done "absolutely everything" required after it was reported he held a US green card for a period while chancellor.

He told a Downing Street press conference: "As I understand it the chancellor has done absolutely everything he was required to do."

Mr Johnson also denied that Number 10 has been briefing against Mr Sunak over his wife's non-dom status.

"I think that Rishi is doing an absolutely outstanding job."

However, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said that the chancellor must "come clean" about his family's tax affairs following revelations about his wife's tax-reducing non-domiciled status.

Chancellor needs to 'come clean'

Speaking at the launch of his party's local election campaign in Barnet, north London, Sir Keir said: "What the chancellor needs to do is to just come clean.

"If the chancellor wants to make the political argument to the country that he's got no alternative to put taxes up at the very time when people are really struggling, prices are up, inflation is up.

"If the chancellor's family, at the same time, are using schemes to reduce their own household tax, then the public are entitled to know about that."

He added: "At the moment, it looks to me very much like one rule for them and another rule for everybody else".

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-admits-having-us-green-card-while-chancellor-12585472

 

[Technics 1210]

As far as I am concerned, Sunak’s wife is an enemy of the state. She is a non-domicile, tax evader, living at 11 Downing Street.

 

[JaDed]

Hope he resigns, and remembers what people think of him in UK. This should be a lesson for Indians of British origin how you will be treated if you try to climb the political or economic ladder in UK.

Should use the green card and come to States, you will be welcomed and based on his calibre can become CEOs or open an analyst firm as needed.

 

[cricketjoshila]

No but he is in charge of regularly reviewing them, which like i said is a conflict of intrest if his wife is benefitting from it

You do realise that Sunak or anyone else cannot scrap the India UK DTAA unilaterally without significant consequences.

The Non dom law has existed for decades now. This is nothing but a smear campaign.

 

[Manunited18]

Hope he resigns, and remembers what people think of him in UK. This should be a lesson for Indians of British origin how you will be treated if you try to climb the political or economic ladder in UK.

Should use the green card and come to States, you will be welcomed and based on his calibre can become CEOs or open an analyst firm as needed.

It's not the only contraversial issue, hes wasted billions of tax payers money on covid fraud, which hes written off arrogantly.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Hope he resigns, and remembers what people think of him in UK. This should be a lesson for Indians of British origin how you will be treated if you try to climb the political or economic ladder in UK.

Should use the green card and come to States, you will be welcomed and based on his calibre can become CEOs or open an analyst firm as needed.

India should also review its relationship with UK in the light of these attacks on a Indian citizen who has broken any laws.

Indian origin UK citizens must also see how the labour party is against Indians and Indian origin people.

 

[James]

Rumours are beginning to circulate that the person who ultimately sits behind the Rishi leaks (via numerous other messengers) is Boris himself.

Whoever is briefing against the Chancellor seems to have waited for the moment when Rishi’s previously rich popularity and political capital is reaching its weakest point — i.e. after a very weak Spring mini-budget statement — and has now gone in for the kill.

Absolute evil genius stuff from the PM if true.

 

[cricketjoshila]

It's not the only contraversial issue, hes wasted billions of tax payers money on covid fraud, which hes written off arrogantly.

Thats a different issue.

Here they are dragging his wife, who is neither a British nor a public person.

 

[JaDed]

It's not the only contraversial issue, hes wasted billions of tax payers money on covid fraud, which hes written off arrogantly.

Yes but that’s not what they are questioning.. the line of reasoning is pretty obvious attacking his wife for a law he didn’t make.

Even white collar Indian origin criminal involved in theranos they don’t get their line of questioning this way.

Indians would do well to remember Usa, Canada are way more open than UK would be for them if they want to immigrate.

 

[silentkiller187]

You do realise that Sunak or anyone else cannot scrap the India UK DTAA unilaterally without significant consequences.

The Non dom law has existed for decades now. This is nothing but a smear campaign.

Smear campaign or not, The Chancellor should know better, its a bit hypocricital when your wife uses loopholes to avoid paying certain amount of tax especially when your making the rules and especially at a time when you raise national insurance etc.

 

[JaDed]

Rumours are beginning to circulate that the person who ultimately sits behind the Rishi leaks (via numerous other messengers) is Boris himself.

Whoever is briefing against the Chancellor seems to have waited for the moment when Rishi’s previously rich popularity and political capital is reaching its weakest point — i.e. after a very weak Spring mini-budget statement — and has now gone in for the kill.

Absolute evil genius stuff from the PM if true.

Yeah because Labour government is so pure towards its Indian origin citizens lol.

 

[irfan]

Yeah because Labour government is so pure towards its Indian origin citizens lol.

what are you talking about we haven't had a labour govt for 12 years

 

[JaDed]

what the hell are you talking about we haven't had a labour govt for 12 years

I meant the party.

 

[oatmeal]

Rumours are beginning to circulate that the person who ultimately sits behind the Rishi leaks (via numerous other messengers) is Boris himself.

Whoever is briefing against the Chancellor seems to have waited for the moment when Rishi’s previously rich popularity and political capital is reaching its weakest point — i.e. after a very weak Spring mini-budget statement — and has now gone in for the kill.

Absolute evil genius stuff from the PM if true.

I think it's obvious that its number 10 behind the briefing. Sunak took more than a day to voice his support for Boris after the Partygate scandal broke and he was widely viewed as a successor.

The Ukraine war saved Boris's skin and now he is going after the plotters. I expect Sunak and Truss to be moved soon depending on the May local election results. If the results are good (or not as bad as expected), BoJo has a lot of political capital to move against his detractors in the party

 

[shortbread]

It's not the only contraversial issue, hes wasted billions of tax payers money on covid fraud, which hes written off arrogantly.

This is the real issue, the massive losses caused due to his knee jerk policy making. This will be the biggest write off in UK govt. history, tens of billions lost due to Covid loans fraud. Which then went on to inflate a massive property bubble.

No one cares about this because the public is too stupid and ignorant to comprehend.

So create a dumbed down non-issue that can be simply explained to the thick skulled Sun readers! At least it's some form of justice, Rishi should have lost his job a year ago.

 

[Technics 1210]

Rumours are beginning to circulate that the person who ultimately sits behind the Rishi leaks (via numerous other messengers) is Boris himself.

Whoever is briefing against the Chancellor seems to have waited for the moment when Rishi’s previously rich popularity and political capital is reaching its weakest point — i.e. after a very weak Spring mini-budget statement — and has now gone in for the kill.

Absolute evil genius stuff from the PM if true.

Gove has been mentioned too.

 

[MenInG]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty has said she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following a row over her non-domicile status.

She owns £700m in shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys, founded by her father, from which she received £11.6m in dividend income last year.

As a non-domiciled (non-dom) UK resident she is not required by law to pay UK taxes on her overseas income.

But she told the BBC she did not want to be a "distraction" for her husband.

Ms Murty's decision to change her tax arrangement follows accusations of hypocrisy against the chancellor, with Labour saying his family is benefiting from it at a time when the cost of living is going up and the government he serves in is raising National Insurance payments.

But Mr Sunak has accused political opponents of "smearing" his wife to get at him.

BBC

 

[Technics 1210]

Well well, Sunak’s wife has succumbed to pressure, she has now agreed to pay taxes on her foreign income! (BBC).

Weed the snakes out!

 

[JaDed]

Such a dumb decision by her, why have the law then , he should taken it off if he has control.

 

[Technics 1210]

HMRC law state that a nom-dom must live outside the UK for a period of time per year to qualify, but no, Sunak’s wife has been sponging for months at 11 Downing Street, this is why she has now agreed to pay tax - she could’ve fled back to India for 6 months, but no she is staying.

I hope HMRC claim tax retrospectively from her foreign earnings.

 

[James]

Gove has been mentioned too.

He always is.

A well known corridor serpent.

And a close mate of Boris.

 

[oatmeal]

Such a dumb decision by her, why have the law then , he should taken it off if he has control.

When you are an elected official, the optics matter too, not just the letter of the law. Especially when inflation is high and energy costs are through the roof for common folks

 

[cricketjoshila]

Smear campaign or not, The Chancellor should know better, its a bit hypocricital when your wife uses loopholes to avoid paying certain amount of tax especially when your making the rules and especially at a time when you raise national insurance etc.

Its his wife and not him. His wife is an independent person, not his chattel.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Yeah because Labour government is so pure towards its Indian origin citizens lol.

Its surprising how the labour party or the democrats are all blatantly anti Indian.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Such a dumb decision by her, why have the law then , he should taken it off if he has control.

Well, this is a witch hunt. They will find something else in some weeks.

 

[cricketjoshila]

When you are an elected official, the optics matter too, not just the letter of the law. Especially when inflation is high and energy costs are through the roof for common folks

Why all this applies to a non British who is not a public figure?

 

[irfan]

Why all this applies to a non British who is not a public figure?

her income forms part of the household income she shares with her husband who is an elected official & who is responsible for the public finances & tax rules ,she has abused the non-dom rules, no way she spends more than 6 months outside the UK considering she has children who live and go to school here. HMRC should fully investigate wrt to retrospective tax.

 

[shaz619]

Such a dumb decision by her, why have the law then , he should taken it off if he has control.

This is nothing to do with race and how the evil white man is holding the innocent brown guy down, the British Empire is over bro. This is simply a typical case of the super rich and powerful being greedy and sponging off the people beneath them.

When it comes to the Tories it’s not about colour, the lot of them are wet dogs and the filth always comes out eventually the higher you climb, these Indians felt they were no different, Boris has been ostracised in public to for his antics, it makes sense for him to give Rishi the low blow to eliminate one of the popular candidates to replace him if there was an internal leadership vote.

Rishi is guilty by default due to the power of disposition, his wife’s antics are a reflection of his behaviour to and in this case there was a massive conflict of interest, if she were innocent she wouldn’t agree to pay the tax, hopefully the back dated payments come through to

 

[oatmeal]

Why all this applies to a non British who is not a public figure?

Her husband is the chancellor, the second most important political position in the UK. And its their household income, not just her own.

The UK is seeing a cost of living crisis with taxes going up from this week and prices going up due to inflation but wages not seeing a corresponding increase. In this political climate, stuff like this resonates with the public,

And Sunak is a potential leadership candidate so its natural for his rivals to brief against him

 

[shaz619]

Its his wife and not him. His wife is an independent person, not his chattel.

He is using his wife to sponge off the UK public. This is very simple to understand. It might be normal in Idnia but this is the UK, don’t like it? go back to where you come from you scroungers, P.S stick to Idnian politics

 

[cricketjoshila]

her income forms part of the household income she shares with her husband who is an elected official & who is responsible for the public finances & tax rules ,she has abused the non-dom rules, no way she spends more than 6 months outside the UK considering she has children who live and go to school here. HMRC should fully investigate wrt to retrospective tax.

Abused the non dom rule? The rule exists long before her and long before her husband became the chancellor.

She pays taxes in India, she wouldn't be if she didn't live 180 days here. If you live less than 180 days in India you don't pay taxes here.

So its natural she spends time here in India and she holds Indian passport.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Her husband is the chancellor, the second most important political position in the UK. And its their household income, not just her own.

The UK is seeing a cost of living crisis with taxes going up from this week and prices going up due to inflation but wages not seeing a corresponding increase. In this political climate, stuff like this resonates with the public,

And Sunak is a potential leadership candidate so its natural for his rivals to brief against him

Its racist. Nothing else.

First they attacked her, saying infosys has offices in Russia.

Now she must pay taxes on her Indian income in UK, which she shouldn't have to as per the India UK DTAT.

Hope Indian government now starts taxing UK citizens and companies in India on their UK income, irrespective of the DTAT.

 

[cricketjoshila]

He is using his wife to sponge off the UK public. This is very simple to understand. It might be normal in Idnia but this is the UK, don’t like it? go back to where you come from you scroungers, P.S stick to Idnian politics

Her wife doesn't earn from UK public or the UK. She is and Indian with her income in India.

Seems its normal for the labour party to attack non whites, esp Indian origin people, if those people rise up to certain positions. Seems the colonial mindset in UK hasn't changed.

Today its her, tommorow more Indian citizens will be taxed like this, considering Indians are near the top of the economic ladder unlike other south asian immigrants.

PS: She is an Indian citizen.

 

[shaz619]

Her wife doesn't earn from UK public or the UK. She is and Indian with her income in India.

Seems its normal for the labour party to attack non whites, esp Indian origin people, if those people rise up to certain positions. Seems the colonial mindset in UK hasn't changed.

Today its her, tommorow more Indian citizens will be taxed like this, considering Indians are near the top of the economic ladder unlike other south asian immigrants.

PS: She is an Indian citizen.

This was leaked by his own party, Boris is most likely behind it, Labour are in the opposition - they will not sit on their hands on something with like this. Nothing to do with race, Indians are treated a bit too well over here this is a class problem, if we don’t do anything now, more upper middle class Indians will bend the law to sponge off the government and think they can come over here and get away with it. His mrs isn’t planning to return home anytime soon especially with Sunak’s political ambitions who is guilty by the power of disposition for being associated with a tax cheat, Indians are defo near the top of the ladder in that regard you can say a big portion of their earnings are driven by scrounging, they have insulted the Brit Indians who work hard for their dough especially the working class.