Labour Unveils £5 Billion Tax Dodger Crackdown Plan
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces a comprehensive plan to tackle tax avoidance, aiming to fund NHS improvements and free primary school breakfast clubs.
- Labour plans to raise £5 billion by targeting tax avoiders, aiming to close gaps in spending plans.
- The crackdown includes investing in HMRC to improve tax collection and compliance, with a focus on non-domiciled status loopholes.
- Funds raised will support additional NHS appointments, new scanners, emergency dental appointments, and free breakfast clubs for primary school pupils.
- The initiative responds to the widening tax gap and under-resourced HMRC systems, as revealed by official forecasts.
- Labour's measures contrast with Conservative policies, amid discussions on scrapping the non-domiciled tax regime to find new revenue sources.