The UK has a new government and in their words one committed to a ten year plan to ‘rebuild the fabric of a broken Britain’. And one of their first actions was to appoint Lord Darzi to undertake a thorough and independent review of the NHS. Why? Because the NHS is seen as a much loved and absolutely vital public service.
So why didn’t the government look to do the same thing with HMRC – an independent review of a much less loved institution but one that is nonetheless vital to the UK? If as is often suggested the scale of tax abuse in the UK is so considerable shouldn’t a new government have sought to understand how it could be made more effective?
This is important because we know that the tax system serves as a crucial pillar for funding public services and...
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The UK has a new government and in their words one committed to a ten year plan to ‘rebuild the fabric of a broken Britain’. And one of their first actions was to appoint Lord Darzi to undertake a thorough and independent review of the NHS. Why? Because the NHS is seen as a much loved and absolutely vital public service.
So why didn’t the government look to do the same thing with HMRC – an independent review of a much less loved institution but one that is nonetheless vital to the UK? If as is often suggested the scale of tax abuse in the UK is so considerable shouldn’t a new government have sought to understand how it could be made more effective?
This is important because we know that the tax system serves as a crucial pillar for funding public services and...
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