‘#Labour hopes to boost the public coffers by billions of pounds with its crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion.
But figures obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveal that fewer than five such prosecutions were brought in 2023-2024, down from 16 in 2018-2019.’
Meanwhile more than 600 carers have been prosecuted since 2019 for fraud.
Priorities?
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Prosecution of people who help clients evade tax in UK falls by 75% in five years
Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19Edward Siddons (The Guardian)
Juggling With Eggs
in reply to Juggling With Eggs • • •‘Latest official figures show more than 134,500 unpaid carers are paying back more than £251m after unwittingly falling foul of drastic “cliff-edge” rules on earnings limits.
This means a carer who earned £1 more than the current £151 a week threshold for 52 weeks would have to pay back not £52 but £4,258.80.’
No level legal playing field in UK terms of richest and poorest.
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Unpaid carer to challenge DWP allowance overpayment penalty in court
Patrick Butler (The Guardian)