Jeremy Corbyn raked in nearly £140,000 last year – putting him near the top one per cent of earners in the UK.
The Labour leader published his tax return today in a bid to pile pressure on Theresa May to do the same.
It shows the self-declared socialist gets paid £136,762 – pocketing £49,191 for being leader of the Opposition, £78,697 from being an MP and the rest from pensions.
This is just short of £140,000, which according to a study by the world renowned LSE university last year would put a Briton into the top one per cent of earners.
The forms show Mr Corbyn paid nearly £50,000 in tax and £890 in gift-aid charitable donations.
The publication comes after the Labour leader was left red-faced when he published his tax return last year – only for it to emerge he filed it late and was slapped with a £100 fine.
Jeremy Corbyn (pictured with Labour London mayor Siddiq Khan today in London) raked in nearly £140,000 last year – putting him near the top one per cent of earners in the UK
The Labour leader t gets paid £136,762 – pocketing £49,191 for being leader of the Opposition, £78,697 from being an MP and the rest from pensions
Labour MPs have pushed for the Prime Minister to publish hers too – but so far Mrs May has refused.
His bumper wage packet has put Mr Corbyn just below the top one per cent of earners in the UK .
But previously the Labour leader has insisted he is not rich because of ‘where he puts it’.
Mr Corbyn said: : ‘Tax avoidance and evasion deprive our public services of tens of billions of pounds every year and will only be tackled if we have the political will to do it.
‘We cannot expect the public to trust us as party leaders, if we are not prepared to be open and honest about our own tax arrangements.’
Labour MPs have pushed for the Prime Minister (pictured in China early this morning) to publish her tax return too – but so far Mrs May has refused
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell revealed he received a total income of £87,353 and paid a total of £24,099.20 in tax, Labour said.
He said: ‘I have again published my full tax return.
‘I have done this every year as shadow chancellor because I believe if you aspire to be in charge of the nation’s finances then you should be as open and transparent about your own income as possible.
‘It is right that people in high office are subject to a high degree of scrutiny and I call on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to follow suit and publish their tax returns in full.’