Boston and Skegness MP told to pay his taxes properly by PM
That's after he called for Sir Keir Starmer to resign
A Lincolnshire MP was told to pay his taxes so the Government would have more money to tackle issues such as illegal immigration.
Sir Keir Starmer (Labour) also told Boston and Skegness MP Richard Tice (Reform UK) that he was trying to ‘whip up fear and division’.
At Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday, June 10, Mr Tice said he condemned the “appalling violence” seen in Belfast earlier in the week but went on to criticise the PM’s performance.
Disorder was seen in Belfast following a knife attack in which a man suffered serious injuries to his face and neck.
A Sudanese man, 30-year-old Hadi Alodid, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife over the alleged attack.
Mr Alodid had arrived in the UK in 2023 and was granted refugee status.
The Reform deputy leader said: “This Prime Minister is in denial of the rising despair across the country over his failure to stop the boats and related criminality, his failure to recognise two-tier policing, his failures over (Peter) Mandelson, his failures over the scourge or anti-semitism.
“He’s lost the confidence of the country, his own trade union members and his own very quiet backbenchers, Mr Speaker.
“When will he do the right thing and when will this Prime Minister resign?”
The PM responded by stating that Reform UK had been seeking to “exploit” the “terrible case” of Henry Nowak, who was stabbed in Southampton, and said that families in Northern Ireland were “extremely frightened”.
Sir Keir went onto say: “What do they (Reform UK) do, they try to whip up fear and division – because that’s all they’ve got.
“And he talks about stopping the boats. Mr Speaker, when we passed legislation to stop the boats, what did they do, they voted against it.
“To take those measures you need money – and he has still not properly addressed why his companies didn’t just aggressively avoid tax, but failed to pay the tax that they legally owed.
“His investment company then gave huge donations to Reform. If he paid his tax, we’d have more money to deal with these issues.”
Sunday Times previously reported that Mr Tice ran four shell companies – a corporation without active business operations or significant assets – that did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022.
The newspaper also claimed that Mr Tice subsequently made significant donations to Reform UK through his investment firm.
This follows the Sunday Times’ previous report which claimed that Mr Tice – who is also deputy leader of Reform UK – failed to pay £91,000 in corporation tax for his property company, Quidnet REIT Limited.
Mr Tice was approached for comment about Prime Ministers Questions but did not respond.