Times Investigation: The tax enforcers chasing penniless families

Published: Dec. 22, 2020, 4 a.m.

An investigation by the Times has found that HMRC, the UK’s authority responsible for the collection of taxes used private debt collection companies and letters accusing people left penniless by the pandemic of deliberately avoiding their tax bills.


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Guests: 


Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations at the Times.

Richard Hull, a self-employed carpenter.

Kirsty Howe, Director of The Firm.


Host: Manveen Rana. 



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