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by Felicity Collier
LABOUR’S shadow chancellor branded the Tories’ stewardship of British tax affairs a “national disgrace” yesterday after it emerged the amount HM Revenue and Customs gets from the country’s highest-paid has fallen by £1 billion since 2009 — even though the rich have more money than ever before.
HMRC was accused of setting “one rule for the rich and another for everyone else” by a Commons public accounts committee report published yesterday.
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
