Starmer denies putting seven-acre field in trust to avoid inheritance tax
Starmer questioned over £20,000 gift to parents
- Sir Keir Starmer has denied allegations that he put a seven-acre field into a trust to avoid inheritance tax.
- He purchased the land in 1996 for £20,000, intending it as a donkey sanctuary for his seriously ill mother.
- Starmer explained that he “immediately gifted the land” to his parents so his mother could see the donkeys, but he retained the legal title.
- He dismissed the idea of a 'complicated trust' for an agricultural field housing four donkeys, stating its sole purpose was for his mother's comfort.
- The Prime Minister sold the Oxted, Surrey plot in 2022.