(picture from richard Searle) Responding to today’s protests by anti-tax avoidance campaigners UK Uncut, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said:
“People are rightly angry that the government is targeting the most vulnerable in our society with massive cuts in spending, and yet it appears to be very relaxed about rich and powerful tax dodgers.
“We have campaigned for two years for action to be taken to tackle the billions of pounds in tax lost to our economy every year because wealthy individuals and organisations avoid paying what they owe.
“The moral and economic case, particularly at a time when we are told action needs to be taken to bring down the budget deficit, is unarguable.
“Justice in our tax system, alongside investment in our public services, provide the alternative to the government’s ideological attack on people’s livelihoods and our communities.”
