Reeves: Labour’s plan to crack down on tax dodgers ‘not rocket science’
Labour’s Rachel Reeves has said a plan to crack down on tax dodgers to fill a hole in her spending plans is not “rocket science”.
The shadow chancellor was forced to respond after Jeremy Hunt used his Budget to adopt some of Labour’s revenue-raising policies to fund his pre-election cut in national insurance.
Ms Reeves has set out how she will raise £5 billion a year by the end of the next parliament by narrowing the “tax gap” – the difference between the amount of money HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is owed
