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 ‘Gordon Brown, Labour MPs, and voters agree: Act on child poverty now’ What do Gordon Brown, 101 Labour MPs, and a majority of voters in 623 constituencies have in common?… Matthew McGregor 8th November, 2025, 2:00 pm Comment ‘Raising taxes on the wealthy isn’t just about the money’ Labour came to power promising to reduce child poverty, as the Blair government once did; to “unleash investment”… Phil White 8th November, 2025, 11:00 am News BREAKING: Labour whip restored to four ‘welfare rebel’ MPs Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman, and Rachael Maskell have all had the Labour whip restored today. It… LabourList Staff 7th November, 2025, 8:03 pm
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