Taxation
Taxation news from UK Parliament.
£5.5billion lost to tax evasion could be significant underestimate, PAC report warns
Huge gaps in Companies House reforms make fraud too easy as public bodies lack adequate powers to clamp down
12 February 2025
Lords concludes detailed check of National Insurance Contributions Bill
Members consider changes to draft law on national insurance contributions. Catch up
07 February 2025
Corporate profit shifting discussed in the Lords
Members debate tax implications of companies shifting to low and zero-tax jurisdictions. Catch up
31 January 2025
Lords debates Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill
Members discuss draft law to introduce new multiplier standards and remove relief rates from charitable private schools. Catch up
30 January 2025
EFRA Chair writes to PM on inheritance tax reforms
The Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Alistair Carmichael MP, has today written to the Prime Minister, following his appearance before the Liaison Committee on 19 December.
23 January 2025
HMRC report follow-up: Letters exchanged between PAC Chair and tax authority’s chief executive
The PAC today publishes an exchange of letters between the Chair Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown and Sir Jim Harra, HMRC Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary
22 January 2025
HMRC accused of deliberately poor service and damage to public confidence in tax system
Customer service continues to deteriorate from last year’s all-time low as concerns raised over uncollectable debt and reduction in prosecutions
22 January 2025
Lords debates National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill
Lords debates draft law on secondary Class 1 contributions. Catch up
07 January 2025
Lords debates growth of the rural economy
Members debate the economic advancement of agricultural business. Catch up
20 December 2024
Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 10 December 2024
On 10 December 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Government response, and public petitions that had received a Government observation.
13 December 2024
EFRA Committee launches future of farming inquiry and announces evidence session on impacts of proposed changes to APR and BPR on the farming and wider rural community
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) today (Friday 6 December) launches an inquiry on the future of farming.
06 December 2024
Lords debates the Autumn Budget
Autumn Budget in the spotlight. Catch up
12 November 2024
What does the Budget mean for science, innovation and technology? Committee to examine
The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will examine the Autumn budget in its first evidence session of the new Parliament.
08 November 2024
Four short debates in the Lords
UK defence policy and budget, alternatives to Ozempic for weight loss and the impact of tax policy on employment considered by members. Find out more
01 November 2024
It’s time for tough decisions to tackle our national debt
Economic Affairs Committee publishes its report on the sustainability of the national debt
09 September 2024