#magicmoneytree has been found. Again. #fbpe BBC News - Brexit: Broad agreement to pay more as UK leaves, the BBC understands
@ChrisMayLA6
#Starmer can pay for it using the £2bn that Yvette Cooper is going to claw back from the #Covid fraud debacle. Either that, or use the #MagicMoneyTree that we were told doesn't exist but enabled the #Tories to fritter away billions on unwanted and useless #PPE equipment.

'#HMRC withheld offshore #TaxAvoidance figures for #UK’s wealthy during election

Pressure on officials to publish estimate of offshore tax avoidance...'

'...estimated the tax gap to be £39.8bn for the 2022-23 tax year. The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should be collected and what has actually been paid.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/06/hmrc-offshore-tax-avoidance-uk-wealthy
[Here's a #MagicMoneyTree just waiting to be harvested...]

HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election

Pressure on officials to publish estimate of offshore tax avoidance in almost £40bn of uncollected revenues

The Guardian

Britain is awash with failed prime ministers. The cost of their security detail rises as a function of how hated they are (a lot) and how much they travel overseas (a lot).

There's no #MagicMoneyTree for this stuff... We need to impose the #FiscalRules

#UKPolitics #UKPol #Austerity

https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-failed-prime-ministers-cost-taxpayer-a-fortune/?__cf_chl_tk=hjkqf.ek1or39ua2rixvglej0pwfujtkznogjfda.ke-1720183875-0.0.1.1-5588

Britain is awash with failed prime ministers. It’s costing taxpayers a fortune

Security bill rockets with each new addition to the ex-PMs club.

POLITICO

The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire (Documentary) on Vimeo

https://vimeo.com/290438534

#magicmoneytree

At the demise of #empire, City of London financial interests created a web of secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it in a web…

The Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire (Documentary)

Vimeo

#taxpayers are the #MagicMoneyTree !

'Inspections deemed that jobs totalling £380,000 will need to be carried out in the next 12 months.

Subsidiary of Four Seasons Tamaris Scotland did not respond to an initial claim for the value of the works plus an additional £30,000. The council then took court action last month and an agreed sum of around £87,000 has since been paid'
https://www.midlothianview.com/news/over-1m-needed-at-two-edinburgh-care-homes-after-private-provider-walked-away

Over £1m needed at two Edinburgh care homes after private provider walked away - Midlothian View

Repairs and upgrades required at Castlegreen and North Merchiston care homes.

Midlothian View
Article

Wealth inequality: is there a magic money tree hidden in plain sight for Labour? A one-off wealth tax would solve Labour’s fiscal responsibility dilemma | John Cole

#WealthTax #MagicMoneyTree #LabourParty https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/wealth-inequality-is-there-a-magic-money-tree-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-labour/

Wealth inequality: is there a magic money tree hidden in plain sight for Labour?

A one-off wealth tax would solve Labour’s fiscal responsibility dilemma

Yorkshire Bylines

#ThamesWater in crisis talks over potential £10bn black hole

Minister tells Guardian government has ‘no grasp’ of cost involved in preventing possible collapse
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/28/thames-water-in-crisis-talks-over-potential-10bn-black-hole-cost-possible-collapse
#PrivateProfitPublicCost #ToryPoliciesInAction #MagicMoneyTree

Thames Water in crisis talks over potential £10bn black hole

Minister tells Guardian government has ‘no grasp’ of cost involved in preventing possible collapse

The Guardian