Shadow chancellor says Labour would ‘ramp up’ number of HMRC staff to close gap between what is owed and paid
The shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said proposals to close the tax gap to fill a hole in her spending plans is not “rocket science”.
Reeves was forced to respond after Jeremy Hunt used his budget to adopt some of Labour’s revenue-raising policies to fund his pre-election cut in national insurance.
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