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@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 All facts.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 Except those aren't the facts, most of that is speculation. There's no evidence she 'tried not to pay the tax due', in fact an expert review has concluded the opposite. Remarkable how people will try to twist 'facts' to suit their agenda.

Rayner has been cleared, but the media ran 30 front pages in total, averaging 4 front pages a day during the peak of the story. Farage's £5 million gift has had two front page stories. Why would there be such a difference in reporting standards for the two?

@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 The fact is despite being the minister responsible for the law, and ignoring advice to get professional advice, she tried to not paying the tax due. Remarkable that you think people should underpay the tax due until HMRC investigates them.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 Yes they confirmed the higher tax rate was due, but found there was no penalty due which there would have been had there been any wrongdoing. The rest of that is just your opinion, and whether I agree or not it doesn't change the outcome of the investigation.

@Anna_Soubry Fuck off you old drunk.

I am deleting this I despair at what our country has become. And it all stems from the #Brexit #Referendum

@SkyNews @robpowellnews Does he think we’ve forgotten that he convered up grooming gangs?

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@Nigel_Farage It would be utterly hilarious to beat Burnham.

We look forward to the Makerfield by-election. Reform will throw absolutely everything at it.

@Heccles94 No. HMRC confirmed she had indeed not paid the correct amount of tax.

So Rayner is cleared. Now, back to Farage!

@hzeffman So why did he block him last month?

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@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 She paid the wrong amount. She ignored advice to get specialist advice. She hoped nobody would find out. We found out. HMRC confirmed she hadn’t paid what was due. She hasn’t published what HMRC have said to her. She’s been forced to pay the missing £40,000. She’s a hypocrite.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 No again you're confusing what's due and wrongdoing, they aren't the same thing. No one is suggesting she doesn't have to pay it, but there was no wrongdoing in not paying at the time.

@AndyBurnhamGM Fuck them though huh? You’re off to London.

Greater Manchester is pioneering a new way of doing politics. Positive, practical, place-first. Vote tomorrow to keep GM leading the way.

@AndyBurnhamGM Fuck the people who voted for you to be Mayor huh?

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election. I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics. Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic. Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures. However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people. Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place. I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that. Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again. ENDS

@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 If nothing was done wrong Rayner wouldn’t have to pay £40,000 more stamp duty. HMRC have made no comment.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 They've investigated. If there was and wrongdoing there would be a fine for late payment or potentially worse. There isn't because they've found there's no wrongdoing, it's just a simple under calculation.

@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 No you can’t. You do a tax return and pay it in the appropriate tax year. Rayners stamp duty tax was legally due within 14 days of the completion date of the purchase and is usually handled by a solicitor or conveyancer on the day. she had no intention of paying it ever.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 No. For example for those who pay tax on interest you don't generally pay it when it's due, you can choose to pay some of it or non of it. Then the difference is calculated later, and that's what's due. You haven't done anything wrong,even though you've under paid your tax.

@TechTonix @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 HMRC has not started anything. Rayner has simply confirmed that she had to pay the tax that she hadn’t paid, exactly like all those people she used to criticise.

@HardTruth2000 @RaynerUpdates @DamianLow3 So everyone who owes tax has 'done something wrong'? No, it's just the amount you owe it doesn't mean you've done something wrong. She has to pay it because it's owed, as they've clearly stated there's no wrongdoing it's simply a case of miscalculation.

@rj_abel @JaggersRay @alcampian So she didn’t underpay tax by £40,000?

@JaggersRay @alcampian

Well who’d have guessed? 🤨

@rj_abel Cleared??

@PrfChrisPainter What scandal?

If these growing financial scandals involving Farage do not become resignation issues then this country is completely throwing in the towel on standards in public life.

@DPJHodges Shes not qualified in any way.

Senior Labour MP: "Downing Street are trying to convince Angela to go back into the cabinet to replace Wes".

@OliverRyanUK Starmer let another bloke buy his wife’s knickers.

Are we really saying we want our Members of Parliament to be able to accept any cash gifts without declaring it, in the millions, in the 12 months prior to their election, by political donors, so long as we call them a "personal gift"? This stinks to high heaven.