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THE TREASURY and HM Revenue & Customs were drawn deeper into the tax-dodging scandal engulfing the British Establishment yesterday after their headquarters were found to be partly owned by companies registered in the Channel Islands.
Earlier, HMRC chief Edward Troup was outed as having been a partner in the law firm representing Ian Cameron’s offshore business.
HMRC’s 600 offices around Britain are rented from Bermuda-based Mapeley Steps Ltd, the Star reported last November.
While politicians fixate on defence budgets, the real answers lie in peace-building and economic justice, says ALAN SIMPSON
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES