Did Keir Starmer use a trust to avoid inheritance tax?
When Sir Keir Starmer gave a field to his parents, he used a “life interest trust”. This meant that, as
28 September 2025
When Sir Keir Starmer gave a field to his parents, he used a “life interest trust”. This meant that, as
Libel firm Carter-Ruck used the threat of legal action to protect one of the world’s largest financial frauds, OneCoin, which
We now have enough information to be able to answer the question of whether Angela Rayner will be subject to
Last Tuesday, I awoke to an email from the High Court, rejecting an attempt to silence me with an interim
Every Monday morning, we publish an updated list of every PLC in the UK that has failed to file its
Law firm Axiom Ince failed in October 2023, with £64m of client money missing – losses ultimately covered by the
The Government needs money. Council tax is regressive – high-value properties pay a trifling sum in comparison with their value.
Reports suggest Labour may introduce capital gains tax on home sales in the Autumn Budget. It sounds like an easy
There has been a huge amount of controversy over the inheritance tax changes in last year’s Budget. They raised £500m,
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has proposed large increases in gambling taxes to raise £3bn. The £3bn would
In July 2022, I wrote that I thought Nadhim Zahawi had lied about his taxes. I was right. Nadhim Zahawi
Chancery Law & Tax is “one of the UK’s leading providers of Legal Services”. It appears to have no employees
As The Times has reported, there’s evidence that Dundee United claimed R&D tax relief for a quarter of its players’
Henley & Partners’ 2025 Wealth Migration Report says 16,500 UK millionaires will leave this year. That’s a very small percentage, which is surprising
A UK wealth tax is often promoted as an easy revenue-raiser that would only affect the very rich. Our analysis
In the past five years, 600,000 people who owe no tax have been charged HMRC late-filing penalties. The penalties start
One man has set up a series of fake banks on Companies House – with real bank names, no checks,
The “Offshore Advisory Group” publishes political commentary including conspiracy theories originating in Russian propaganda outlets. It uses the attention this
There’s a tax paradox in the UK. Overall, we’re paying more tax as a percentage of GDP than at any
Reform UK is proposing a “Britannia card” that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the