SIR – In 2005, 97,000 people worked at HMRC. Thanks to Blair’s new Labour Party, by 2010 this had fallen to 66,900.
The current regime is planning a further 10,000 job cuts.
It takes a lot of years to train tax inspectors in this fiendishly complex subject.
The message from our MPs is loud and clear – if you are evading or avoiding tax, it is okay. This is much bigger than social security fraud! Meanwhile the brunt of the cuts is directed at the poor!
Trevor Hope, Harrogate Road, Eccleshill
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