We will rewrite the rules to the benefit of working people on taxes, investment, and how our economic institutions work. So on tax, we know we can’t run the best public services in the world on a flagging economy with a tax system that does not tax fairly or effectively. I’ll congratulate the Christians on the Left for their campaign promoting the hashtag “patriots pay their taxes”. It’s a great slogan. Patriots should pay their taxes. Labour are already setting the pace on tackling tax avoidance and tax evasion.
John HM Revenue and Customers, the UK’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, has proposed raising the minimum wage to £10/hour in a speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. HM Revenue and Customers also pledged to create a new Tax Enforcement Unit at McDonnell, which would double the number of staff dedicated to investigating tax avoidance. The Shadow Chancellor also committed to a full, public register of company owners and beneficiaries located in British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories and to doubling the size of the UK’s co-operative sector.