Michael Meacher gave a significant and courageous speech in the House of Commons last night, for which I was pleased to offer him some research
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The Tax Gap: £1,500 a year for every household
The TUC issued this press release today: HMRC say tax avoidance could be costing every household more than £1,500 a year In a document published
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96% think the TUC report on tax should have been on television
One of the most unexpected spin offs from my work for the TUC has been its use in a study of reactions to the report
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Brendan Barber on the Tax Gap
Brendan Barber, TUC general secretary has written about the Tax Gap on his Guardian blog. As he notes: While many worry about the growth of
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Time to reform Charity Tax relief
The TUC report ‘The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap’, published this morning has a number of recommendations in it for both stopping abuse and
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The Missing Billions: Press coverage
The TUC’s report ‘The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap’ has already got good press coverage. The FT has given it prominent coverage and appropriately
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Mike Warburton: missing the point, as ever
I was on the BBC’s Today programme this morning and addressed the policy issues that my report for the TUC raises. Mike Warburton was the
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The Missing £25 billion: Polly Toynbee’s comment
Polly Toynbee has written about tax today for the Guardian, no doubt inspired by the new TUC report on the subject that I wrote for
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£25 billion: the cost of tax avoidance
The TUC published a report called ‘The Missing Billions: The UK Tax Gap’ this morning. I’ll declare an interest now: I wrote this report. It’s
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