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 Comment ‘The Spending Review didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty’ This week’s Spending Review simply didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty. Especially in constituencies like… Imran Hussain 15th June, 2025, 6:29 am News Suspended Streatham Labour councillor claims party blocked bid to re-stand A suspended Labour councillor and Momentum official has claimed his bid to stand for re-election has been blocked… Daniel Green 14th June, 2025, 6:00 am News King’s Birthday Honours: Full list of Labour figures being awarded Around a dozen current and former Labour politicians and staff are being awarded in the King’s Birthday Honours… Daniel Green 13th June, 2025, 10:30 pm
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