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HRMC staff cut by 11,000 by Cameron and May is cutting 8,000 more staff.

Some good stuff in here - https://www.facebook.com/LBC/videos/10155577110556558/?hc_ref=ARQ9qY6BSmiVZ_6rBJ6fOmgGX4ihJ41Q6EucmRTH3jCLKT4_EvDglHJHVRDR86Upk1Q

I really don't see the issue with what I have said. If the tax system worked correctly and all tax was collected properly and fairly from top to bottom then yes, anyone working cash in hand would not only feel less inclined to cheat the system but would struggle to do so.

Ridiculous.

So in a perfect world where all the tax was collected correctly from EVERYONE that was due to pay it, yes, I do think it improbable that a builder would do less cash in hand, and mainly because customers wouldn't have it.

Owners of major newspaper groups, for example.

I wonder if a builder would do less cash in hand if he knew that everyone else was playing fair, and his customers knew that too? Probably.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/06/the-guardian-view-on-the-paradise-papers-a-light-on-murky-dealings

Tax should be collected correctly, even down to cash in hand work. Cutting HMRC by 19,000 members of staff (Cameron 11,000, May to cut 8,000) is not exactly going to help is it. There's so much that isn't right that comes out of this and it's ridiculous, frankly, that it's being brushed aside...