swindle minister Peter Rees (responsible for Inland Revenue!) and trade minister John Nott had : been involved with a minster, which exploited legal loopholes to prevent hundreds of millions of pounds being paid to the treasury.
involved Rossminster Peter WELC wanker agriculture who count for Abingdon, who touted penal.
Among Rossminster's
clients were National Car building George /imper Harrison and Led Zeppelin.
T'OL LIC Torie! nave campaignica 'scroungers' who 'swindle' so it is worth friends have been getting up operation, run by two men called Tucker Plummer, inIcal Ocaand mythical purchases to evade tax.
The nature of the "services' which Rossminster colle clients was revealed by the case of George Miller Newcastle property dealer.
Mule sold a piece of for £1m naking whacking £650,000 Most of that had to go in tax, but Miller contacted him in touch then proceeded make Miller "loan' and charge myrnical Interes uns one amountee £2¼m, but Miller only held the cheque in his hands for a seconds. that loan was of course huge JOHN NOTT WO top Tory ministers helped tr the government out o This was revealed last week on ITV's firm against tax. Miller kept his During the course or le operations Rossminster set 1000 subsidiary comvales money aronna. ver 4ou or these were set by Rossminster's associates Halliwell, boilalli Hally them law's cottage in Kent.
Manv or kossminster's other firms were set up in the slands • ОП Guernsey and DarK Douglas on the Isle Mann the ossminster's operations i reckoned that OCLWCCH them cleared ism. A Slush fund Deode uke 1101 Benyon and John Nott was set up wealthy are the peo ple involved that they Ine associates. A rinur Lewis £125,000 to keep and refuse coInland Revenue investigators.
security fraud is reckoned to cost about £15m a year less than unclaimed benefits. For people like the Rossminster clique. who are just the tip o1 the top people's tax evasion iceberg, figures like £15m are hardly worth bothering about.
50, London N1 PETER REES y the then Labour Government to claw back the money lost to Rossminster lo most people, tax avoidance is im ral and distasteful as the Vestey mily found out recently.
sulestion that Mr. BRees did anyThis position is embar. imnossible and he ought to resign. That is what the late Reginald. Maudling did in similar circumstances, while the police, for which he was responsible as Home Secretary, investigated the affairs of his former employer, John Poulson.
If Mr. Maudling hadn't resigned Mr. Ets: The doher can be no tas ken t. But there is uphold the standards of public life. i latcuer can ce no Mr. Rees should go of his own accord. If he won't, remove him. £1,000m TAX less keen to Mrs. Thatcher should PETER REES Britain: 12 months £12.50; 6 months £6.50 Abroad: 12 Name Address I enclose a donation for the Fighting Fund of Committee.
They were sacked for Phe new Metro plant to new Metro plant LWU weeks aco wien autoreds of workers from the trim company compast bring laid-orr without bay gestue meca stones to the contrary, there was virtually no damage done and production to is thost sacking militant shop w all muculale walkour or Involved In tne original dispute It is a repeat of the situation plant Derek Robinson was in last vear waen ne was sackeo or the Leyland's Trenchie Transport and General olanned angineer! Union for not giving a lead in the defence of Robinson This time they have no such causes because tic mical l voice are Is owli michiocis.
The Leyland Action Committee will be organislil a calvare aralist une company ana Ine weakness of the present leaders.
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ahead with their master plan now aclanelle a nurser 30U rectances Kover solnut nant and the closure of one assembly line Christmas jobs through the plant lost lal. But this ume me convan conle onTina 100 volunteers reflection rising unemployment in the West Midlands Leyland have announcea that tney will be selecting those who will get the sack same time Leyland declared their inlennon to speed up tne re maining lines by 20 to 30 per response to this, the kover shop stewards comlitice las vulce to voDos recumc ancies.
occupation of the This was 2,500 workforc meeting of all the determined Leylalit alc to push ahead. It Rover gets the kna or weak leadersnir that led to the acceptance of the 6.8 per shed gs at Lonpari Longbriage, and a host of other setbacks, the sualon Jooks Deak the shop stewards' attitude that 'enough enough', they have taken a big step towards fighting •to SUBSCRIBE NOW months - Surface Mail £12.50 Multi-reader institutions: Double the above rate Cheques, POs and Money. Orders should be made payable to Condon te and return to: Socialist Challenge, 328 Upper Street
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