Stop these business tax attacks Sir Keir

OVER the last few years we've had every stage of Sir Keir Starmer: Corbynista Starmer, Blairite Starmer, Kama Sutra Starmer (bending over to hold every policy position). Now we're entering the final stage of good old-fashioned Socialist Starmer, as he turns the thumbscrews on every hardworking, tax-paying member of the public.

- Esther McVey

It is not just the crippling tax rises - although they’re bad enough - it is the increasingly aggressive way that HMRC is seeking more tax revenues.

I'm getting complaints from a range of businesses about the intransigence of HMRC which some might regard as bullying: forcing businesses into choosing between paying tax claims or pursuing costly and unnecessary legal battles on what turn out to be little more than fishing expeditions.

But what both the government and HMRC need to understand is that people and businesses have no more to give. It is obvious for all to see that the government is in financial difficulty - not because the country is undertaxed but because it’s overspending.