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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.
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