Farage denies he avoided stamp duty on his 256th home in Clacton

Ahead of former deputy PM Angela Rayner‘s resignation on Friday 5 September, Reform leader Nigel Farage took time to beam down the lense of a GB News camera.

With Reform leading in the polls, Farage obviously wanted to capitalise on the latest Labour scandal:

‘If it were me, you’d all be demanding I resign!’@Nigel_Farage says 'it's more likely than not' that Angela Rayner will have to resign in the wake of her tax scandal, after admitting she wrongly avoided paying stamp duty.

'I just don't see how she can survive this…' pic.twitter.com/xtXxlzOiDS

— GB News (@GBNEWS) September 3, 2025

Fresh back from trying to be friends with Donald Trump (he’s not interested, Nigel), Farage told the hard-right news channel:

If it were me, you’d all be demanding I resigned

Obviously Farage can feel chuffed because Rayner has now gone. And he’s there safe in the knowledge he would never do anything like that.

OR WOULD HE?

DUN, DUN, DUUHHHHHHHHHHH…

Oh Nigel…

Lucky for us that the Reform Party UK Exposed X account is on hand. They claim that Farage “put his Clacton house in to his partner’s name”, “avoiding tens of thousands of pounds like Rayner”.

Nigel Farage put his Clacton house in to his girlfriend Laure's name, avoiding tens of thousands of pounds like Rayner.

But he won’t tell you that.

He already has a property worth about £1m in the village of Downe in Kent, as well as two houses in Lydd-on Sea in the same… https://t.co/EpSYFZ4d15

— Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) September 3, 2025

This is despite reportedly already having a million pound pad elsewhere in Kent and two other homes nearby.

Farage: nothing to see here

Of course, far-right fag-stained whopper Farage denies all knowledge of avoiding stamp duty. As the Guardian wrote:

“the detached property in an upmarket part of Clacton-on-Sea was actually solely bought by Laure Ferrari, his partner of some years.

Farage was asked by the Guardian why he had claimed to be the buyer, and whether the property had been bought in Ferrari’s name in a way that allowed him legally to avoid higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional residential house – given that he already owns other properties.

He was also asked whether he was the ultimate source of funds for the transaction either by gift or loan and whether it was Ferrari’s sole property in the UK, which could make her eligible for standard rate stamp duty.

Farage said: “Whether I say ‘I’ or ‘we is pretty irrelevant. Laure bought the house; it is her asset.

“The main reason my name does not appear is for security reasons. I would have thought that obvious. As for her other UK or French assets, that is purely a private matter.”

GB News earnings

Also on Friday, the Guardian reported that Farage used a private firm so he can pay less tax on his earning from GB News.

The paper reported:

“The use of personal service companies is not illegal, but it has been criticised across the political spectrum as a way to reduce tax bills. Farage has declined to publish his tax returns for 2023/24.

“Several broadcasters including the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have cracked down on the practice in recent years. HMRC has repeatedly tightened the rules around off-payroll working (IR35) to stop this kind of tax avoidance”.

According to the report, the parliamentary register of interests

“…shows that Farage has made nearly £400,000 from GB News since August 2024, for about 190 hours’ work. This suggests he is being paid more than £2,000 an hour by the news channel.

“All payments for his GB News work are paid directly to his company, Thorn in the Side Ltd, of which he is the director and only shareholder. He has other paid roles including as a brand ambassador for gold bullion firms, speaking on the international circuit, and a Daily Telegraph column.

“The latest accounts show that as of 31 May 2024, the company had £1.7m in cash, up over £1m in a year. It also owns two investment properties”.

Farage’s spokesperson said:

“Thorn in the Side Ltd has traded for 15 years and has a variety of interests. It renders the services of several contractors and is a properly functioning company”.

If there’s a lesson in all this it’s definitely something about, er, getting your own house in order. Or houses, in the case of Farage and Rayner.

Featured image via the Canary