Zarah Sultana’s £90 billion tax-gap claim

Labour MP for Coventry South

What was posted

Zarah Sultana contrasted a £90 billion estimate of unpaid tax with the weekly allowance for people seeking asylum.

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Why it mattered

Full Fact found that the £90 billion was a disputed estimate of the total tax gap and covered more than the behaviour attributed to wealthy people and large companies. It also checked which asylum applicants received the cited weekly amount.

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