Affordable Losses

Astoundingly enough, during the last half-decade of Conservative rule the number of prosecutions for enabling tax evasion fell from tiny to minuscule. The tax authorities are reluctant to provide exact figures in case the perpetrators should be identified and treated as criminals rather than wealth creators, which might well cause difficulty in accessing their services even for the people who are paid not to prosecute them. Team Starmer has made some noises about tightening up the régime, which will no doubt fade discreetly away when potential providers of post-government consultancies start squealing. In the meantime, it is all the more fortunate that the youth, pensioner and disabled sectors are sufficiently wealthy to tide the Government over.