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My mother, who rents from the council, was left a house worth €300,000 by her brother whom she looked after for three years and who sadly passed in 2019. The will is currently being contested by his only son. My mother is worried about the tax she will have to pay. She is in her 70s and has never lived at the property which she has been given in the will. She doesn’t own any property and is on State pension. I’m wondering if there are any loopholes regarding tax? Also, when and if she does receive this property, would she be best off selling it in the bad condition it is in o...

For all will sell a huge -- by only a single vote. forgiveness of college debt. that's very important and only talking about forgiving college debt for those who need it. the means test. i think that's the thing so great about that, it primes the pump economically. instead of giving tax cuts to ga zillionaires to reinvest in the stock market, give it to people who have to spend the money, former students and existing students. that makes sense. >> i get that. that's two of her, like, 3,000 expansion of government programs and they're going to add up. she's not going to be able to pay for all o...

Programming government so no one ever has an excuse anymore to say i can't afford it, i can't do it. now everybody has the resources to do it but you know what you don't have to go through hoops. you don't have to have a massive bureaucracy. you have to have some sort of better safety net and the safety net is not what bureaucrats give you because your food stamps and housing vouchers and welfare payment. >> are you saying no means test, every month i get a check from social security, that's absurd. i shouldn't be getting any social security. i am too rich for that. i would give it too charity...

Programming government so no one ever has an excuse anymore to say i can't afford it, i can't do it. now everybody has the resources to do it but you know what you don't have to go through hoops. you don't have to have a massive bureaucracy. you have to have some sort of better safety net and the safety net is not what bureaucrats give you because your food stamps and housing vouchers and welfare payment. >> are you saying no means test, every month i get a check from social security, that's absurd. i shouldn't be getting any social security. i am too rich for that. i would give it too charity...

A lot of fireworks going on in politics. everywhere you look there's a story. so let's get to inside politics on "new day" with mr. john king. what do you got, j.k.? >> all in new york michaela john we're going to start with the almost-forgotten man of the 2016 republican field. with me this morning to share reporting and insights we talk about chris christie in a town hall in new hampshire. for a weekday audience that's the first time i've said that. you're a new addition to the team. we're proud to have you with us. chris christie is going to have a town hall today. he's in new hampshire for...