On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:05:30 +0100, Nemo
wrote:

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Paying a plumber cash in hand is "morally wrong" because it denies the
revenue vital funds, a Treasury minister said as the government outlined
new ways of cutting down on £5bn in tax avoidance.

David Gauke, the exchequer secretary to the Treasury, risked shining a
spotlight on whether any of his government colleagues have ever made
cash in hand payments to plumbers when he described the practice as a
large part of Britain's "hidden economy".
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He's an utter **** and needs a good kicking - purely for trying to put
the wind up people by this blatant and transparent piece of PR
bull****e - and having a child's grasp of economics, if nothing else.

FFS, even if some plumbers don't declare all their wodge (and for
sure, some don't, as we know) the money is still spent in the economy
and the UK Exchequer gets most of the tax take on it anyway.

****wit Gauke.