10th April, 2012, 8:33 am How naive is the Chancellor? Mark Ferguson Share this article: George Osborne tells the Telegraph: “I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax affairs, and to be fair it’s within the tax laws, so that they were regularly paying virtually no income tax.” Somehow I don’t believe he’s that naive – do you? Tags: George Osborne / Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList News Labour on course for distant third place in Caerphilly by-election, poll shows Labour is facing a crushing defeat in the upcoming Caerphilly by-election, with a new poll showing the party… James Moules 16th October, 2025, 8:41 am Comment ‘Lucy Powell is right. We must change course before May’ As a Labour councillor in Sheffield, up for re-election next year and defending a marginal seat I flipped… Minesh Parekh 16th October, 2025, 6:00 am Comment ‘Labour needs to make digital ID boring if it’s to be a successful policy – here’s how’ Days after digital ID was announced by the Labour government, a petition against the rollout was launched –… Ella Harvey 16th October, 2025, 6:00 am
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