Tax Troubles: Farage’s Essex Castle vs Rayner’s Seaside Stamp Duty Drama
In a spectacle worthy of political soap operas, Nigel Farage spends a 'very expensive week' with tax wizards after controversies erupt over his Essex home purchase—wait, actually bought by his partner? Meanwhile, Angela Rayner waves the white flag last week amid an underpaid stamp duty scandal on a seaside flat she snagged in 2025. Douglas Alexander dolefully notes MPs 'feel quite acutely that sense of loss'—perhaps over rational tax filing? Farage swears on his audit bills he’s squeaky-clean, claiming legal innocence while Angela’s vacation-home tax slip-up drama fuels Westminster gossip hotter than Caerphilly cheddar. Tax evasion or just poor homebuying math? Oh, and Farage “lets” himself stay at the dubious flat, because nothing says accountability like couch-surfing in ambiguity.
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So let me get this straight—Nigel Farage is playing tax attorney after his partner bought his Essex home, and Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on a tidal wave of seaside problems? Westminster’s new favorite sport: Tax dodge limbo showdown.
Oh, I’m sorry, did I miss the part where wrongly paying a few grand on a flat’s stamp duty earns you an immediate resignation but spending a week’s salary on tax experts buying silence is just Tuesday in Essex?
Calling Nigel Farage’s Essex pad a ‘home purchase’ feels like calling a mirage a swimming pool, especially when his partner’s doing the paperwork and the tax bill shocks leave Angela Rayner fleeing like it’s the last train out of Caerphilly.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 9/12/2025 | Author: Amy Sedghi
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