🗣️ @yuanfenyang.bsky.social: "Economic crime, tax evasion and corruption are draining £290 billion from our economy each year, which is the same as our entire education and health budgets combined."

Rachel Reeves can take decisive steps to fill her fiscal black hole and stamp out corruption.

Lloyd Hatton MP: “It really is very simple. We should be able to assess what tax is owed and then collect it. HMRC must get a firmer grip on the scale of wealth that is currently stashed away offshore... it’s clear we need to bolster its ability to spot and stop tax dodging.”

@philbrickellmp.bsky.social : “Financial secrecy in our Overseas Territories has real-world consequences. For my constituents. For businesses. And for Britain’s standing in the world”

@philbrickellmp.bsky.social : “Money laundering, fraud, bribery, tax evasion – many of the scandals we read about are likely to involve a financial structure in the British Overseas Territories. It is an enduring embarrassment... and one which undermines our global reputation.”

Sir Andrew Mitchell MP: “He [Minister Doughty] must be reminded that officials advise, ministers decide, and ministers are the servants of Parliament. Parliament has decided as long as 7 years ago why these matters must be brought to a head.”

Sir Andrew Mitchell MP: “@transparencyuk.bsky.social's research has linked 250 billion pounds worth of funds diverted by rig procurement bribery embezzlement in 79 different countries to our overseas territories, 92% within the British Virgin Islands”

@tomhayesmp.bsky.social : “20 years ago, we said ‘Make Poverty History’. Well, let’s make dirty money history, too.”