I am pleased to say that I have been nominated as a candidate for Suffolk Coastal.
To accompany that, I have submitted a declaration of interests (all candidates have to do so), written following the guidance from MoJ. I have chosen to publicise it via my website.
The essence of the declaration is
1. I am on unpaid leave from the BBC. I will resign, if elected.
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3. referred to below in 8
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5. I own a flat in Hampshire which is being prepared for sale. I also jointly own a house in Hampshire, which my mother lives in and is the other joint owner, on which I have a mortgage. I will continue to jointly hold this property for as long as my mother chooses to live in it.
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7. I confirm that, for the tax year 2008/09, 2009/10 and all prior years, I have not claimed to be, or been treated as not resident, not ordinarily resident or non-domiciled in the UK for tax purposes. I support the Conservative policy of all parliamentarians being resident in the UK for tax purposes.
8. I am an unremunerated director of Waterloo Court Residents Management Ltd, which runs a block of 7 flats; each flat owner is a shareholder. I am passing on the administration duties to a new director and will be resigning this position shortly.
