The Labour leader earned £126,154 in salary as an MP and leader of the opposition, on which he paid £43,103 in income tax, according to his newly published tax return for 2021-22.
He also earned nearly £85,000 in capital gains from the sale of a house that he helped his sister to buy. On that, he paid £23,930 in tax.
It brought his total tax bill to £67,033 on £211,620 of income – effectively giving him an overall tax rate of 31.67 per cent, The Independent has calculated.
Sir Keir published his tax return a day after Rishi Sunak’s was released – which coincided with Boris Johnson’s dramatic appearance before the privileges committee to try to save his political career.
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