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Treasury Minister Mel Stride discusses the government’s efforts to combat tax avoidance and evasion.
The Labour party received hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of consultancy help from an accountancy firm accused of promoting tax avoidance.
Ukip donor Stuart Wheeler tells Channel 4 News that he does not think Nigel Farage will be “in a government role” after the general election.
As HSBC issues an apology over tax allegations, Business Secretary Vince Cable says HM Revenue and Customs “could be doing a great deal more” to address such issues.
As Tory peer Lord Fink admits taking “vanilla” steps to reduce his tax bill and insists “everyone” is at it, Channel 4 News unveils its own avoidance ice cream counter. Which flavour are you?
Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is accused of promoting “tax avoidance on an industrial scale” in a scathing report by MPs.
George Michael, Katie Melua and four members of the Arctic Monkeys are among more than 1,600 people who have been named in a £1.2 billion tax avoidance scheme.
Prime Minister David Cameron rejects calls for singer Gary Barlow to hand back his OBE over claims the pop star invested in a tax avoidance scheme.
A damning report from MPs accused HMRC of “losing its nerve” on tackling tax avoidance. The taxman has hit back, accusing MPs of using the figures misleadingly. Who is right?
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells an event organised by Google that when the internet giant “goes to “extraordinary lengths to avoid paying its taxes, I say it’s wrong”.
MPs are falling over themselves to talk tough on tax. But with Google claiming tax avoidance is merely capitalism in action, lawmakers are now coming under scrutiny in the Great British tax debate.
The public accounts committee could not be clearer: HMRC is “fighting a battle it cannot win”, while accountants are using their cosy relationship with government to benefit well-heeled clients.
Chancellor George Osborne renews his call for global action to tackle the problem of multinational companies which move their profits around to avoid tax.
The latest government promise to get tough with corporate tax dodgers raises more questions than it answers.
Alex Thomson
A tax avoidance scheme allowing some Rangers players and staff to receive millions of pounds without paying income tax is ruled within the law – but the authorities are considering an appeal.