between the u.s. president and volodymyr zelenskyy, the reports there is some plan if russia does decide to take kyiv or somehow take control of the government, to get zelenskyy out of kyiv. do we know much about that? we ve confirmed that reporting, and that comes from my colleagues in our white house unit, there are plans for zelenskyy to go to lviv on the western side of ukraine, closest to the polish border, where many of the embassies have relocated there. the consulates, if you will. all of those embassies, including our own, that were cleared out of kyiv, with just local ukrainians guarding the property itself, not the marines, none of the american officials, they re all in lviv and a reduced unit are in lviv
millionaires with the right accountant pay nothing, whilst pensioners pay vat on fuel. offshore trusts get tax relief, while homeowners pay vat on insurance premiums. we will create a tax system that is fair, which is related to ability to pay. applause. our documents show the blairs has benefited from a tax loophole themselves. tony and cherie blair wanted to buy this townhouse in central london in 2017. mrs blair needed a new base for her law firm. the price was £6.45 million. the blairs did not buy the property itself, they bought the offshore company that owned it. they did bring the property back onshore and under uk tax
direct from someone else, but the blairs did not pay it. that is because the property was owned by an offshore company, and the blairs bought that company rather than the property itself, no rules were broken, no stamp duty to pay. that does not look great and so, even if what the blairs did was perfectly legal and legitimate in the business world, it feels instinctively really unfair because they got access to an advantage that the rest of us don t have. cherie blair told the bbc they did not request to structure the transaction this way and that after purchase they had brought the property under uk tax and regulatory rules. a spokesman added the couple will be liable for capital gains tax on resale. richard bilton, bbc news.
on his way to power, tony blair promised tax reform but he and his wife saved money when they bought this place in central london in 2017 it cost them £6.5 million. stamp duty on a property like this would be more than £300,000, that is what you or i would pay if we bought this property direct from someone else, but the blairs did not pay it. that is because the property was owned by an offshore company, and the blairs bought that company rather than the property itself, no rules were broken, no stamp duty to pay. that does not look great and so, l even if what they did was perfectly legal and legitimate in the business i world, it feels instinctively really. unfair because they got access to an advantage that - the rest of us don t have. cherie blair told the bbc
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