Sammy Wilson

Sammy Wilson MP said: "If we're going to get to the bottom of this (loan charge) scandal we believe evidence should be given under oath and in public by civil servants and former Ministers and also those who promoted and recommended schemes." (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Loan charge is Post Office scandal all over again, says MP
SAMMY Wilson is still haunted by the testimony of two sisters who described the anguish faced by their father in the final months of his life. He was plunged in...

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Liberal Democrat Sarah Green MP said a constituent in “great distress told me how she made the difficult decision to have an abortion, based on concerns about affordability stemming from the loan charge With over 50,000 people directly impacted and the tragic death of 10 people, it is vital that we do everything we can to find a fair and final resolution to the loan charge scandal." (Photo supplied by Loan Charge Action Group)

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People affected by the loan charge protested outside Parliament before the debate in the House of Commons. DUP MP Sammy Wilson said there are “frightening parallels” between the loan charge and the Horizon IT scandal, (Photo Loan Charge Action Group)

There are parallels between loan charge and Post Office scandal, MPs say

The letter from the All-Party Parliamentary Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness Group states: "In two cases that we are aware of, the loan charge was mentioned in suicide notes. We have also had testimonies from advisers of two of the victims, in each case their adviser was clear that the pressure from HMRC, as a result of the loan charge, was the reason the individual took the decision to end his life." (Photo by John Walton/PA Wire)

MPs seek more information about suicides linked to the loan charge

One of the largest all party Parliamentary groups has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi to display "compassion and common sense" and find a fair resolution to a controversial tax policy which has been linked with a number of suicides.

MPs call on Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi to display compassion over the loan charge

The letter, which has been signed by the APPG’s co-chairs, Sammy Wilson MP, Greg Smith MP and Mohammad Yasin MP, says: “We wish to express our further concern about the cyber attacks on FCSA firms and the impact this is having on workers who use them.

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In his response to the All Party Parliemantary Group, Mr Harra states: "I apologise for any confusion and concern that this may have caused."

Taxpayers were sent letters referencing 'serial avoiders unit' by mistake

The letter, which has been signed by the APPG co-chairs Sammy Wilson MP, Greg Smith MP and Mohammad Yasin MP, says: “We have been contacted by people facing the loan charge, who understandably are deeply upset at being dealt with by something called the serial avoiders unit, when as HMRC are well aware, the vast majority of those facing the controversial loan charge took professional advice and many were also mis-sold schemes as tax law compliant and being without risk."

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The All Party Parliamentary Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness Group (APPG) said it had received evidence that HMRC was both sending letters and making phone calls to people facing the loan charge just before and over the Christmas holiday period.

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