What Osborne has ACTUALLY done to HMRC funding

There has been much crowing over George Osborne’s plans to spent £154 million on drafting in extra investigators and new equipment to HMRC. Yet that’s a drop in the ocean compared to the £2 billion Osborne has cut from HMRC.

Let’s take a look at Osborne’s HMRC funding changes stack up:

Tax avoiders – you have little to fear from the Chancellor…

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