The UK tax gap is projected to hit £59.2bn in 2024/25, almost double what it was seven years ago. Every 1% costs nearly £10bn – and the gap is still widening.
Nick Sommerlad
By Nick Sommerlad Mirror Journalist
Investigations Editor at the Daily Mirror for ten years and a journalist for over twenty, Nick has multiple British Press Awards nominations and is co-author of One Last Job, the story of Hatton Garden burglary mastermind Brian Reader.
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