As loyal readers know, Steve Lamey (ex CIO of HMRC) has featured a few times on this site. Anyhoo, he is back in the news again following his less than happy time at the infamous Student Loans Company.

Guy Opperman, minister for pensions and financial inclusion, referring to HMRC's MTD plans said that the government will be able to create nudges and saving models for the self-employed. The state requires

Commiserations to the good people of Scotland, who, from tomorrow, will have to endure Scottish Nanny's half baked minimum pricing of alcohol plan. It won't work, and all that will happen is that people

A four year investigation (and subsequent court case) by HMRC into alleged £500K red diesel fraud has gone down the toilet thanks to HMRC's systemic failures. For good measure, a linked trial also had

It appears that taxing sugary drinks is not as effective as Nanny told us. It is now "accepted fact" that taxing chocolate and other sweet foods would be a more effective anti-obesity strategy

Much nonsense has been written by the media about the so called Macron/Trump bromance. There was of course nothing of the sort. However, Macron had I suspect briefly the ability and strength to persuade

Saint Jamie of Oliver has coordinated a letter to Theresa May, signed by Corbyn, Sturgeon, Cable and Lucas, that calls upon Nanny to ban buy-one-get-one-free offers on junk food, and impose strict new

HMRC is giving pension savers incorrect information which could result in them missing out on reliefs worth tens of thousands of pounds. As a result of this screw up, HMRC has been forced to take down

HMRC denied the #LycaGate letter: “No HMRC official would ever write such a letter. This is the United Kingdom for God’s sake, not some third world banana republic where the organs of state are in hock

Plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds could soon be banned from sale in England under a plan drawn up by Nanny. Theoretically, the move is aimed at protecting rivers and oceans

Last week I wrote: "A study, published in The Lancet, of 600,000 drinkers found that drinking five to 10 alcoholic drinks a week was likely to shorten a person's life by up to six months. So farking

It has come to this, millennials are now so scared of touching meat that Sainsbury's has decided to pack chicken in a pack to pan package so that people don't have to touch the meat. It said that many

HMRC staff at Sidlaw House in Dundee Technology Park had been told by HMRC that they would move over to the DWP to undertake Universal Credit work over the next three years. However, HMRC has changed its

These four men currently hold the future of the world in their hands. Tin hats everyone!

A study, published in The Lancet, of 600,000 drinkers found that drinking five to 10 alcoholic drinks a week was likely to shorten a person's life by up to six months. So farking what! Allegedly this risk

HMRC is shitting itself that its Customs operations will fall apart after Brexit. In a recent letter to MPs on the Commons public accounts committee, Jon Thompson, CEO of HMRC, said he is in discussions

There comes a cleft in the buttocks of life when people are faced with a decision that will affect not only their lives, but the lives of others. When faced with this cleft it is essential that people

Sadly Nanny has created such a nation of morons and simpletons, that Gateshead council has had to issue a public notice stating that street lights don't cause cancer. I dare say this notice will immediately

Despite what Nanny and so called "experts" have been telling us over the years, it seems that pasta does not make you fat but actually helps you lose weight. For why? It doesn't bugger up your