Thursday 22 December 2011

UK Uncut starts legal action against tax office over Goldman Sachs deal

UK Uncut starts legal action against tax office over Goldman Sachs deal

Tim Street, director of UK Uncut Legal Action said: "There is overwhelming public support from unions, NGOs, MPs and thousands of ordinary people who want to see this dodgy tax deal challenged in the courts.

"It shows the deep level of outrage that people feel over state-sanctioned tax dodging by big business, while government destroys public services that ordinary people rely on, saying that there is no money."

Street accused the government of "making a political choice to turn a blind eye" to what he views as a wider tax issue that costs the public purse £25bn a year and of "slashing public services and the support for the poorest instead of clamping down".

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