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Why the Tories don’t want to close the Tax Gap – my speech to PCS today

Posted on May 24 2012

I made this speech (or something very like it) at the PCS conference in Brighton this afternoon. My focus was, of course on the tax gap, but the big
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HMRC’s response to the Parliamentary Accounts Committee – it’s announced 1,638 more job losses

Posted on May 24 2012

The Parliamentary Accounts Committee has issued a report saying it is not convinced by HMRC’s logic that sacking staff pays. It has said that if
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Zoe Williams on social mobility – essential reading for all with concern about inequality

Posted on May 24 2012

Zoe Williams has written an exceptional article on social mobility in the Guardian this morning. I strongly recommend reading it all but the kernel of her idea
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Sacking staff at HMRC has cost the country at least £1.1 billion

Posted on May 24 2012

The Associated Press summary of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee report on the effectiveness of HMRC says: Job cuts among revenue officials meant GBP1.1 billion less unpaid tax was recouped than
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Sacking staff at HMRC will increase the tax gap

Posted on May 24 2012

The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on the effectiveness of HMRC. Its chair, Margaret Hodge MP has said: There is at least £35 billion outstanding in uncollected
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The EU Parliament says the time for a Robin Hood Tax has arrived

Posted on May 24 2012

As Owen Tudor has reported on the TUC’s Touchstone blog: The European Parliament voted yesterday — by a thumping 487 to 152 — for a Europe-wide Financial
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The May TaxCast from the Tax Justice Network

Posted on May 24 2012

In May’s Taxcast: Tax haven insiders speak out, the co-founder of Facebook ‘unfriends’ the US, and Europe considers a Financial Transaction Tax.  

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