HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
Home Office travel records used in a trial of a controversial anti-fraud crackdown that under which thousands of parents lost their child benefit were so flawed that almost half of the families initially flagged as having emigrated were still living in the UK, it has emerged.
The pilot scheme saved HMRC £17m but left 46% of families targeted incorrectly suspected of fraud, a margin of error far in excess of the 1% to 5% scientifically acceptable. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Meanwhile millionaire tax avoiders & evaders
costing HMRC £billions
are laughing all the way to the Cayman Islands ...
"HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases"
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costing HMRC £billions
are laughing all the way to the Cayman Islands ...
"HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Meanwhile millionaire tax avoiders & evaders
costing HMRC £billions
are laughing all the way to the Cayman Islands ...
"HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
costing HMRC £billions
are laughing all the way to the Cayman Islands ...
"HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How do! Bit late as had to sort something with HMRC. #TheFilmcrowd
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How do! Bit late as had to sort something with HMRC. #TheFilmcrowd
Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman owe £188m to HMRC.
£188,000,000.
Imagine what would happen to you if you owed £100.
Straight to court.
£188,000,000.
Imagine what would happen to you if you owed £100.
Straight to court.
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman owe £188m to HMRC.
£188,000,000.
Imagine what would happen to you if you owed £100.
Straight to court.
£188,000,000.
Imagine what would happen to you if you owed £100.
Straight to court.
I consider myself a patriot. I will support the decisions that Reeves makes in the Budget. Because she’s way better than Kwarteng, Hunt, Sunak, Javid and the stable heating Chancellor and that one who owed HMRC £5m (or is that the same one?)
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I consider myself a patriot. I will support the decisions that Reeves makes in the Budget. Because she’s way better than Kwarteng, Hunt, Sunak, Javid and the stable heating Chancellor and that one who owed HMRC £5m (or is that the same one?)
Very important to note that benefits weren’t stopped because of evidence of fraud, but because HMRC thought it saw something that *might have been* evidence of fraud. They didn’t check. They just stopped paying.
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Very important to note that benefits weren’t stopped because of evidence of fraud, but because HMRC thought it saw something that *might have been* evidence of fraud. They didn’t check. They just stopped paying.
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Absolute contempt for their victims.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
What are you, HMRC? 👀
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What are you, HMRC? 👀
Published in @financialtimes.com today!!!
The UK’s ‘Tax Gap’ (what HMRC expects to receive vs what it does) is almost £50 billion per year)
This is exactly what I have been discussing with @sdoughtymp.bsky.social for the last two months.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social
The UK’s ‘Tax Gap’ (what HMRC expects to receive vs what it does) is almost £50 billion per year)
This is exactly what I have been discussing with @sdoughtymp.bsky.social for the last two months.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Published in @financialtimes.com today!!!
The UK’s ‘Tax Gap’ (what HMRC expects to receive vs what it does) is almost £50 billion per year)
This is exactly what I have been discussing with @sdoughtymp.bsky.social for the last two months.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social
The UK’s ‘Tax Gap’ (what HMRC expects to receive vs what it does) is almost £50 billion per year)
This is exactly what I have been discussing with @sdoughtymp.bsky.social for the last two months.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@carolvorders.bsky.social
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone made £65m selling faulty PPE to the Government.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC now wants £39m in unpaid tax — and we think we know why: Barrowman and Mone may have avoided tax on their £65m profit.
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Exclusive: Lib Dems demand to know how HMRC child benefit crackdown got go ahead after data from pilot scheme shows high error rate, with 46% of those originally flagged as emigrated, living in the country.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Exclusive: Lib Dems demand to know how HMRC child benefit crackdown got go ahead after data from pilot scheme shows high error rate, with 46% of those originally flagged as emigrated, living in the country.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
But people will vote for them to run a country?
They can’t even run their own merch site, fucking dunces.
Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
They can’t even run their own merch site, fucking dunces.
Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
But people will vote for them to run a country?
They can’t even run their own merch site, fucking dunces.
Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
They can’t even run their own merch site, fucking dunces.
Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Why, yes, HMRC, I do believe my lingerie is a business expense thank yew 💅
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Why, yes, HMRC, I do believe my lingerie is a business expense thank yew 💅
I think the slime is a metaphor for HMRC here but I haven't had my coffee yet this morning
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I think the slime is a metaphor for HMRC here but I haven't had my coffee yet this morning
PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes.
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
PPE Medpro linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes.
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
The company also owes the public purse £148m for supplying unusable surgical gowns.
Company is bankrupt. HMRC ranks as unsecured creditor for taxes owed by the company.
Where has the money vanished to? Will anything be recovered?
Labour must stop 'dragging its heels' and strip Michelle Mone of her peerage, the SNP have said after a firm linked to the disgraced baroness was found to owe HMRC £39 million
Labour must 'stop dragging its heels' and strip Michelle Mone of peerage, SNP say
www.thenational.scot
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Labour must stop 'dragging its heels' and strip Michelle Mone of her peerage, the SNP have said after a firm linked to the disgraced baroness was found to owe HMRC £39 million
I suppose if you accuse everyone of wrongdoing, you're bound to get some right.
Pity HMRC don't pursue the billionaires and their businesses
Pity HMRC don't pursue the billionaires and their businesses
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I suppose if you accuse everyone of wrongdoing, you're bound to get some right.
Pity HMRC don't pursue the billionaires and their businesses
Pity HMRC don't pursue the billionaires and their businesses
Maybe he can tell me why I have to pay import duty and customs clearance on so many materials from the EU??
Of which a large amount goes to HMRC.
Of which a large amount goes to HMRC.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Maybe he can tell me why I have to pay import duty and customs clearance on so many materials from the EU??
Of which a large amount goes to HMRC.
Of which a large amount goes to HMRC.
From @tbij.bsky.social: An MP has demanded HMRC to release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information TBIJ discovered is currently being withheld by the authority.
Read more:
Read more:
HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore
The taxman has the numbers needed to estimate how much cash is lost to overseas havens – but it isn't sharing the details
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From @tbij.bsky.social: An MP has demanded HMRC to release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information TBIJ discovered is currently being withheld by the authority.
Read more:
Read more:
Gabriel Pogrund: “EXCLUSIVE 🚨The founder of Ayanda Capital, investment company which won a controversial £255m PPE contract via the “VIP lane”, arrested in sweeping HMRC investigation into unpaid tax
Tim Horlick, whose firm had £155m of masks rejected on safety grounds, had home raided last year”
Tim Horlick, whose firm had £155m of masks rejected on safety grounds, had home raided last year”
Boss behind £255m PPE deal arrested over ‘missing’ tax millions
Tim Horlick’s Ayanda Capital won the contract in 2020 despite having no history of manufacturing protective gear
www.thetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Gabriel Pogrund: “EXCLUSIVE 🚨The founder of Ayanda Capital, investment company which won a controversial £255m PPE contract via the “VIP lane”, arrested in sweeping HMRC investigation into unpaid tax
Tim Horlick, whose firm had £155m of masks rejected on safety grounds, had home raided last year”
Tim Horlick, whose firm had £155m of masks rejected on safety grounds, had home raided last year”
Reminds me of the time HMRC sold 600 of its own offices to a company in a tax haven (Bermuda) for £220m, which it now leases back for £269m per year
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Reminds me of the time HMRC sold 600 of its own offices to a company in a tax haven (Bermuda) for £220m, which it now leases back for £269m per year
The result would be:
PAYE @ 45% = £29m
Employee NICs @ 2% = £1m
Employer NICs @ 13.8% = £9m
TOTAL: £39m
The same amount HMRC are claiming.
Gosh, what a coincidence.
PAYE @ 45% = £29m
Employee NICs @ 2% = £1m
Employer NICs @ 13.8% = £9m
TOTAL: £39m
The same amount HMRC are claiming.
Gosh, what a coincidence.
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The result would be:
PAYE @ 45% = £29m
Employee NICs @ 2% = £1m
Employer NICs @ 13.8% = £9m
TOTAL: £39m
The same amount HMRC are claiming.
Gosh, what a coincidence.
PAYE @ 45% = £29m
Employee NICs @ 2% = £1m
Employer NICs @ 13.8% = £9m
TOTAL: £39m
The same amount HMRC are claiming.
Gosh, what a coincidence.
HMRC owes me money for a change 😱
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
HMRC owes me money for a change 😱
“PPE Medpro, linked to Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman, has entered administration with debts exceeding £188 million, including £39 million owed to HMRC & £148 million in damages for supplying non-sterile gowns”
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“PPE Medpro, linked to Michelle Mone & Doug Barrowman, has entered administration with debts exceeding £188 million, including £39 million owed to HMRC & £148 million in damages for supplying non-sterile gowns”
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Public money siphoned off facilitated by the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Barrowman-linked companies have a history of avoiding tax using dodgy schemes and then going into administration before HMRC can recover a penny.
(More on the history in our report, linked at the end)
(More on the history in our report, linked at the end)
November 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Barrowman-linked companies have a history of avoiding tax using dodgy schemes and then going into administration before HMRC can recover a penny.
(More on the history in our report, linked at the end)
(More on the history in our report, linked at the end)