Today MICHAEL MEACHER will push again for a stronger anti-tax avoidance regime. Here, he urges the Labour frontbench to support his proposal.
Dear Ed,
A few months ago I put forward my General Anti-Tax Avoidance Principle Bill (GANTIP) for second reading. As a Private Member’s Bill low in the order it did not make progress, though it did receive sympathetic support from the Front Bench. I am now putting it forward again on the first day of the Finance Bill committee stage tomorrow, and am now asking that you use this opportunity for Labour to give a clear commitment that it will introduce GANTIP as soon as it is elected to office. There are several very strong reasons to do so.
