Starmer denies putting donkey field' in trust to avoid inheritance tax
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Starmer denies putting donkey field' in trust to avoid inheritance tax
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"Keir Starmer was asked about the field on the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg' programme (PA) Asked if he put the land into a trust on the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Sir Keir replied: No, I didn't. I bought a field for my mum and my dad because they loved donkeys, he said, adding: My mum was very ill and she couldn't move around anymore."
Journalists are being deployed to cover developing stories across reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, with reporting made freely available without paywalls and funded by donations from supporters. The Independent seeks donations to continue sending reporters to gather facts and represent multiple perspectives. Sir Keir Starmer faced questions about a seven-acre field he bought in 1996 and later transferred to his parents through a structure that excluded its value from their estate. Starmer denied placing the land into a trust to avoid inheritance tax, saying he bought it as a donkey sanctuary for his ill mother and father.
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