Akshata Murty: Sunak defends tax status as Labour and No 10 deny leak

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Murty confirmed her "non-dom" status after the Independent website first reported the arrangement on Wednesday - the day the 1.25-percentage-point rise in national insurance took effect.
52% : Sunak told the Sun newspaper: "She loves her country like I love mine," and said his wife had done nothing wrong in choosing a financial arrangement that legally exempts her from paying tax in Britain on foreign income.
45% : Murty has said she pays tax overseas.
42% : The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has defended his wife after revelations that she claims non-domiciled status, meaning she does not legally have to pay tax in the UK on her income earned abroad.
38% : The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, said on Thursday that Sunak could be guilty of "breathtaking hypocrisy" if his wife was reducing her own tax bill as the No 11 incumbent increases national insurance for millions of Britons.

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