U.K. Tax Fraud Family Jailed

Three members of a family have been jailed for a total of seven and a half years today following an investigation by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) into a tax fraud that stole over £3/4 million from the public purse.  A fourth family member received...

U.K. Civil Servant Invented 1,400 Children in Tax Credits Fraud

Civil servant John Brian Agdomar and an accomplice, Olanekan Omatayo Ogunmekan, are behind bars after being caught out by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigators. Between them the pair fabricated more than 1,400 fictitious children, hijacked hundreds...

20,000 U.K. Business Receive Extended Time to Pay Taxes

Over 20,000 businesses have delayed paying more than £350 million of tax after contacting HMRC’s Business Payment Support Service (BPSS) in the last six weeks.

5% Rise for U.K. State Pensioners

Pensioners are set for a £4 billion boost next year as the U.K> Government confirmed the biggest rise in the Basic State Pension since 2001 today, on top of £900m in Christmas Bonuses and a £575m increase in Winter Fuel Payments.

U.K. Pension Act 2008 Receives Royal Assent

Up to 9 million people, many of them on low and middle incomes, will get access to a workplace pension, or will be able to save more, as the U.K. Pension Act 2008 received Royal Assent yesterday.

BBC News Investigation Uncovers Criminal Faujis Network

A team of reporters has spent months in Southall, West London, living and working as “faujis” – the Punjabi term used to describe the hidden community of young, mostly male, poor farmers from the Punjab working in this country illegally.

Online Tax Filing – 8 Out of 10 U.K. Employers Prefer It

Over eighty per cent of U.K. employers have filed their end-of-year returns online – an increase of around 10% compared to last year.