And not forgetting the many HMRC staff found guilty of fraud in YOUR TAX RECORDS ...
For decades? Perhaps one underestimates the IR and Customs merger chaos and brain drain, followed by office mergers, repeatedly lost paper records, Incompatible legacy IT systems, decision paralysis and lack of resources. Not forgetting the heightened work culture morale.
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Bloody Microsoft outage. It's stopped my fridge ice-maker working. And the fridge is not even AI!
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"ruined careers" and thus restricted income is not highlighted anywhere near enough.
Most #LoanCharge victims don’t have the money left. Fifteen-plus years of stress, legal fights, interest, settlements and ruined careers have drained them. HMRC’s laziness and the Commons’ repeated failure to fix this properly have created a human catastrophe.
#StopTheLoanCharge
The irony is that many of us declared our working arrangements on the tax return white space and HMRC did NOTHING for several years. And then hit us with a massive, retrospective bill.
What was stopping HMRC mounting a major publicity drive against these schemes warning people that they would be successfully challenged at some point? I mean how difficult or expensive would it have been to just scare people off? The fact they didn't is telling...
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What would Keir have done ...
Exclusive by @JacobReid02
Andy Burnham won’t accept EU rules on artificial intelligence as a condition of closer ties, raising new questions about how far he is willing to go in his rethink of Brexit
“We have no plans to align with the EU AI Act,” a UK government spokesperson said. “Our approach to AI regulation will continue to be guided by UK priorities, with a focus on keeping people safe and supporting economic growth.”
This comes in addition to Burnham rejecting dynamic alignment with the EU on financial services, which Bloomberg reported earlier this week
AI is helping Britain outpace its European neighbours on GDP growth, while the EU has moved quicker than the UK to pass sweeping AI rules, a new area of post-Brexit divergence
The EU’s approach to AI is opposed by the US. A UK official said Britain risks US retaliation if it adopts EU rules. Trump might block access for Britain’s AI Security Institute to test models from companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, said the official
Burnham choosing to insist on UK sovereignty on financial services and AI regulation means it is very hard to see how he could support joining the single market and becoming a rule-taker. That appears to close off some options for his big move closer to the EU
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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His constituents needs to realise he is not just their MP
Sadly ...
Burnham’s Makerfield constituents reject EU surrender telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
And before you ask, it was in person at the Pharmacy counter.
@BootsUK
What's going on? I'm reliant on paracetamol for pain relief. I usually get 3 x32 packs but today my kind neighbour was refused more than 1 x 32. I can't ask her to go back every couple of days given she's doing me a favour.
Branch Colliers Wood/Tandem Centre SW19.
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Manchego Cheese:
- Lidl - £2.99
- Sains - £3.50
- Co-op - £5.00 FFS!
(Same size, before you ask!)
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HMRC APN Victim retweeted
Another award for Keir Starmer 👏🏻 Recognising a significant contribution to strengthening UK- Ireland relations, Sir Keir Starmer has been awarded Honorary Life Membership of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. How could we have let him go! Best PM we had!
More fucking staff!!! It's 100/1000s every couple of months.
Source: Civil Service World
share.google/fZOHYRmB2LwIBiw…
What rubbish! The abolished standing charges will only be loaded onto the day/night rate. And any other fee they will make up.
Today, this Labour government is abolishing standing charges on gas bills.
@JohnHealey_MP and I are making energy bills fairer.
Tackling affordability is my first priority and I'll keep doing all I can to protect people from unaffordable bills.
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I'd rather see him announcing something prime ministerial, that would benefit the country!
Gogglebox gets 3-4 Million viewers each week. The fact that those watching will get a chance to see the Prime Minister, raising some money to beat cancer, and as a normal person who watching TV like the rest of us, is a very very good thing.
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How can the leader of a country lie constantly in public and get away with it?
THIS IS A LIE.
Trump: “Prices are coming way down.”
His own government’s latest numbers:
🔺 Overall prices: +3.7%
🔺 Gas: +34.2%
🔺 Energy: +20.4%
🔺 Electricity: +4.4%
🔺 Shelter: +3.2%
Prices didn’t go “down down down.”
THEY WENT UP UP UP.
You cannot gaslight Americans about the price of living when WE’RE THE ONES PAYING THE BILLS.
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I'd be interested to know if money is taken out of bank accounts for loan charge or APNs as HMRC don't seem to escalate collection, other than "letters" (as I don't think they have a legal leg to stand on)
HMRC has confirmed it is directly taking money out of bank accounts with more than £5,000 to recover unpaid debts.
The tax office has resumed powers suspended during the pandemic, allowing it to directly access people's bank accounts to recover unpaid tax.
Brace yourselves.
HMRC taking money from people with over £5,000 in bank account msn.com/en-gb/news/news/cont…
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Is that the same Doug Barrowman from Michelle Mone PPI fraid?
Of course it is!!!
What is your opinion on the #LoanChargeScandal ? How do you think these companies are getting away without getting prosecuted? (Like Doug Barrowman - Tory donor) 11 suicides to date, and sham reviews like HMRC marking their own homework
Why not start with arresting and charging him with laws that he's breaking on a daily basis?
And why has it not been done already?
If we want to end billionaire control of our government, stop Trump’s illegal war in Iran, lower gas prices and guarantee healthcare as a human right, we must end Republican control of Congress.
Join me in Texas next week for get-out-the-vote rallies across the state.
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