Proper Funding of Public Services — Tax Avoidance and Evasion — 25 Feb 2020 at 15:50

The majority of MPs voted not to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity nor for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.

The motion rejected in this vote was:

• That this House
• notes that the tax gap, the difference between the amount of tax that should be paid to HMRC and what is actually paid, has been estimated at between a minimum of £35 billion and £90 billion;
• believes that successive Conservative governments have failed to address tax avoidance and evasion while making savage cuts to public services and undermining the social security net;
• further notes that the Tax Justice Network has described the UK as backsliding on financial transparency;
• is concerned by reports of the Conservative Party’s links with individuals and companies that have engaged in tax avoidance; and
• calls for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity and for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.

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