We thank the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
@jamesmurray_ldn
for meeting with people affected by the
#LoanChargeScandal
.
This is our follow-up letter. We hope to engage further.
There needs to be a fresh & genuinely independent review of the whole scandal & a resolution.
BREAKING NEWS: An
@hmrcgovuk
official has replied to an individual’s email CONFIRMING suspension of settlement in light of the
#LoanChargeReview
announced by
@BorisJohnson
HMRC are now obliged to agree the same for ALL facing the
#LoanCharge
. So all settlements must be on hold.
BREAKING NEWS: Damning new report exposes that the supposedly ‘independent’
#LoanCharge
review fails basic tests of independence &
@HMRCgovuk
&
@hmtreasury
interfered from start to finish. Its flawed & the conclusion is unsound.
#LoanChargeScandal
Delighted to say that we held our inaugural AGM in this Parliament & with an unprecedented turnout for such a meeting, the
#LoanChargeAPPG
has restarted & will now re-register. Co-chairs elected
@EdwardJDavey
@RuthCadbury
#MikePenning
. We look forward to carrying on our work.
Several MPs supporting the protest today were saying that
@hmtreasury
&
@HMRCgovuk
are desperately trying to block action on the
#LoanCharge
despite the clear will of MPs for suspension & review. This is disgraceful & the case of HMRC wholly unacceptable & an abuse of their role
Due to the disappointing (but not untypical) disinformation on
#NC31
being circulated to MPs we’ve issued this rebuttal briefing & also sharing one from
@keithmgordon
. Let’s have a vote on the
#LoanCharge
based on reality & truth unlike when it was introduced.
#LoanChargeScandal
It’s not acceptable
@Jesse_Norman
to be writing such a biased & misleading letter & trying to prejudice an INDEPENDENT review!
It’s clear
@hmtreasury
&
@HMRCgovuk
are trying to & predispose & direct the
#LoanChargeReview
.
We’ll challenge that, including to Sir Amyas Morse.
@keithmgordon
@sushi_ginger1
@Nervous_72
@loanchargeAPPG
@MPIainDS
@S_Hammond
Jesse Norman has written to all MPs with a letter that seems to pre-judge the review by virtue of the opening paragraphs, but which he then refers to as 'independent' 🤔 Again we see this distinctive use of the word "directly" in reference to who this review will focus upon.
Very sorry to announce that cross-party
#NC31
was not called for a vote. Extraordinary considering that there were over 50 MPs on it. Thousands of people will feel badly let down by the
@HouseofCommons
tonight. We hope that the
@UKHouseofLords
will raise the
#LoanCharge
now.
The inaugural meeting & AGM of the prospective
#LoanChargeAPPG
in the new Parliament will take place at 2pm on Tuesday 7th January. Full details will be available in the All-Party Whip published today. The meeting will include the election of officers.
Our full response to be published later on, but the
#LoanChargeReview
secretariat cannot be provided by
@HMRCgovuk
@hmtreasury
staff or there’s a clear
#conflictofinterest
utterly incompatible with an independent review. Plus external evidence must be taken to be a review at all.
We’ve published a report on
@HMRCgovuk
’s use of contractors using ‘disguised remuneration’ schemes. FOI requests established The that
#HMRC
used contractors using schemes & withheld this from
@LordsEconCom
.
We believe there needs to be an investigation.
EXPOSED BY FOI: Here’s the email from/on behalf of
@HMRCgovuk
head
@JimHarraHMRC
to the supposedly ‘independent’
#LoanCharge
review asking for sections of the final report to be changed or removed.
There must now be an inquiry into the
#LoanChargeScandal
We congratulate
@sajidjavid
on being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer & urge him to end the
#LoanChargeScandal
which has already cost lives & damaged the reputation of
@hmtreasury
nationally & internationally. We need a suspension & independent review
#STOPtheLoanCharge
BREAKING: Here’s our comprehensive new report exposing that the
#MorseReview
into the
#LoanCharge
came up with a fundamentally flawed conclusion in stating that the “law was clear” from 2010. It is thus WRONG to leave a retrospective Loan Charge in place
It’s wholly unacceptable that public servants at the UK’s tax authority
#HMRC
have engaged in a cynical & deliberate campaign of
#disinformation
over the
#LoanCharge
. Propaganda is often subtle & the attempt to mislead easily missed yet together it’s clear
We’re meeting Sir Amyas Morse tomorrow for the
#LoanChargeReview
.
One area that the review MUST look at (and one that tellingly HMT have tried to exclude) is the appalling way
@HMRCgovuk
are treating people facing the
#LoanCharge
.
We’re submitting this
It’s becoming clear that
@HMRCgovuk
are in terrible mess over
#LoanCharge
settlements. They are nowhere near where they said they would be & aren’t coping.
Ministers must now have been told this, if HMRC are being honest with them.
Another reason for suspension & review now!
Unsubstantiated?
▪️On the instruction of
#HMRC
’s solicitors this was stuck on the door of a person HMRC know to be suicidal
▪️House repossessed/locks changed
▪️Their main home
▪️HMRC made them bankrupt
We’ll be making a formal complaint about your dishonesty
#LoanChargeScandal
We’ve just been informed of another suicide of someone facing the
#LoanCharge
, who took their own life last night. That is 7
#LoanChargeSuicides
confirmed to us.
This is tragic & is also appalling because it was avoidable.
@BorisJohnson
@sajidjavid
suspend the LC & APNs NOW.
We’ve received evidence today that professional advisers still cannot get any details of the “clarifications” that
@Jesse_Norman
announced to
@LordsEconCom
in July.
With one week left until the HMRC deadline to or face
#LoanCharge
this is appalling.
#LoanChargeReviewNOW
We've heard more details about a person facing being made bankrupt by
@HMRCgovuk
over
#LoanCharge
related liabilites. HMRC's debt collectors changed the locks on their main home while they were away. This shows
#HMRC
's statements to Parliament cannot be trusted
#LoanChargeScandal
Absolutely right
@MPIainDS
, we can’t have confidence the review is genuinely independent with
@hmtreasury
@HMRCgovuk
staffing it!
Pls speak to
@Jesse_Norman
whose letter to MPs & Terms of Ref. intro show an clear attempt to prejudge & direct the review. It’s not acceptable.
Agreed....cannot say this enough, there must be a suspension and evidence based
#loanchargereview
. .
@HMRCgovuk
staff should play no hand in the review.
Today we delivered 820 submissions from individuals to
@Jesse_Norman
at
@hmtreasury
about the devastation their draconian
#LoanCharge
is having.
Please look at the reality of this policy Jesse & the way it is ruining lives.
We need a suspension & review. Lives are at risk.
This is just one piece of correspondence emailed to the
#LoanChargeAPPG
today. We’ve removed personal information but we were asked to share it.
We’d urge ALL MPs including
@Jesse_Norman
to read this before tomorrow’s debate on
#NC31
to make the
#LoanCharge
fair.
EXPOSED BY FOI: More evidence of collaboration between
#LoanCharge
Review team &
@hmtreasury
. 'Lines' requested by Sir Amyas to use with the press were shared with
@hmtreasury
to ensure “…they don’t cause you any problems”.
#LoanChargeScandal
The deliberate misinformation about the
#LoanCharge
by
@HMRCgovuk
is a key part of the
#LoanChargeScandal
. Part of it has been the false impression given about who it affects, this is our report that exposes this. We are sharing this with Sir Amyas Morse.
We’ve been informed that the
#LoanChargeDebate
had the highest number of MPs applying to speak in a Backbench debate EVER since the start of the
@CommonsBBCom
. Other than
@MelJStride
there were NO speeches in favour of the
#LoanCharge
. To ignore the will of MPs is contemptuous.
Today
#LoanChargeAPPG
officers met with Sir Amyas Morse &
#LoanChargeReview
Secretariat staff.
We have submitted this document, which is what the review must look at, to be the proper, genuine & independent review of the
#LoanCharge
that is needed.
Following the
#LoanChargeAPPG
meeting, we are publishing a document of evidence that shows the disgraceful way
@HMRCgovuk
are treating people facing the
#LoanCharge
, which flies in the face of what MPs are being told, part of the
#LoanChargeScandal
.
Not many APPGs operate evenings & weekends but we do, due to the real & serious threat to life from the draconian
#LoanCharge
. This evening we’ve had an email from someone who intended to kill themselves today. As usual we’ve referred them to the Samaritans &
@LCAG_2019
helpline.
Following our statement on the
#LoanChargeReview
we’ve written to
@sajidjavid
about it & how it must be independent & evidence based & that if Sir Amyas needs to extend the timescale he can; above all an immediate suspension of
#LoanCharge
& APNs is needed
BREAKING NEWS:
@Jesse_Norman
informs us that the
#LoanChargeReview
will not now report till the next Government is in place, but still they refuse to suspend the
#LoanCharge
31st Jan declaration date, which is outrageous.
Review recommendations can’t be considered till mid Jan!
Today the
#LoanChargeAPPG
are having a 2nd meeting with Sir Amyas Morse & the
#LoanChargeReview
expressing our & constituents’ concerns about the draconian
#LoanCharge
& the shameful reality of
@HMRCgovuk
’s treatment of people who never broke the law & are denied right to appeal.
This one impact statement is a devastating expose of both the reality & the injustice of the
#LoanCharge
, how & why people got into such schemes & the impact on health & family.
This is a constituent of the former Chancellor who introduced the policy.
#STOPtheLoanCharge
One question that should be asked at
@hmtreasury
Qs next week is why a senior
@HMRCgovuk
Officer wrote a misleading letter to
@CityAM
on the
#LoanCharge
repeating discredited misinformation during an independent review? Yet more unacceptable conduct, which must be investigated.
We congratulate
@Jesse_Norman
on the becoming Paymaster General & Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
We urge you to listen to the majority of MPs including
@Conservatives
ones & change course on the
#LoanCharge
& announce an immediate suspension & an independent review.
Now at least 100 MPs have written individually to
@sajidjavid
&
@BorisJohnson
calling for a suspension of the
#LoanCharge
& the independent review the Prime Minister agreed is necessary.
That’s on top of 214 Parliamentarians on the open letter.
Time to
#STOPtheLoanCharge
Now 90 Parliamentarians have signed the open letter calling for an immediate suspension of the draconian
#LoanCharge
& associated
#APNs
. Another suicide happened at the weekend, now 7
#LoanChargeSuicides
. Pls announce a suspension at
#CPC2019
@sajidjavid
The Minister
@Jesse_Norman
needs to apologise to the families of those who’ve killed themselves facing the
#LoanCharge
, for trying to deny four confirmed
#LoanChargeSuicides
.
We gave evidence of 6 to Sir Amyas Morse on Friday. Friday night a 7th person tragically killed himself.
❗️We’re hearing many reports about an increasingly panicky
@HMRCgovuk
putting even more pressure on people to sign wholly unaffordable & draconian
#LoanCharge
settlements, due to their woeful failure so far & PM’s promise to have an independent review. Pls email us any such cases
Another dreadful performance from
@hmtreasury
Minister
@Jesse_Norman
.
Not only is he refusing to suspend the
#LoanCharge
& showing no compassion but continues to mislead the
@HouseofCommons
or doesn’t understand his own policy. It has NEVER been shown that tax was due.
Members of the Treasury Committee have appointed
@CatMcKinnell
to serve as Interim Chair of the Treasury Committee until a new Chair has been elected when Parliament returns.
More information on the Chair election will be on our website shortly ➡️
Some confusion in the debate (presumably caused by the misleading briefing). NC31 does not & cannot set any precedent as all it does is RESTORE basic taxpayers’ rights & puts the situation BACK where it was. It’s the
#LoanCharge
that set a precedent & a dangerous one!
Thanks & welcome Baroness Harris of Richmond, the 190th member of the
#LoanChargeAPPG
this Parliament & 190th Parliamentarian signing the open letter to
@sajidjavid
calling for an immediate suspension of the
#LoanCharge
& related activity including APNs
We’ve written to the
@LordsEconCom
to clarify key points made by
@Jesse_Norman
& highlight the profound
#doublestandards
at the heart of the
#LoanCharge
: not pursuing promoters as schemes weren’t illegal, whilst retrospectively ruining individuals
EXPOSED BY FOI “You owe us beers” the Chancellor’s own press secretary tells the supposedly ‘independent’
#LoanCharge
review Secretariat. The Secretariat (actually a senior Treasury official) replies “Happy to line up the beers”.
#LoanChargeScandal
Thanks
@CMonaghanSNP
, the 196th Parliamentarian signing the open letter to
@Jesse_Norman
calling for a suspension of the
#LoanCharge
& an independent review.
Time for the
@hmtreasury
to respect the will of Parliament & act.
"All this just reminds people how incompetent
@HMRCgovuk
had been since 1999”
@keithmgordon
said. "HMRC are just proceeding on the basis 'it’s not our fault, we’ll blame someone else'.”
From a barrister, on the shameful way
#HMRC
have covered up their failure
#LoanChargeScandal
One extraordinary thing about the
#LoanChargeScandal
is the fact that the out-of-control
@HMRCgovuk
, instead of offering remotely reasonable terms, are demanding more per month than people’s income! It would make a
#loanshark
blush (and would from a lender be illegal).