On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:31:05 +0000, Richard Faulkner
wrote:

Effectively, the Government have said that they know this is going on,
that they are losing revenue because of it, and they are taking steps to
recover more money out of it.

When Labour came to power in 1997 they made a big statement about how
the Tories had increased tax 62 times over their 18 year tenure, and
listed them all. Many people who had seen Labour in power in the 70's
were no longer around, and many who were not of voting age back then
did not have the experience either.

If the Tories ever regain the wish to get into power there's an open
goal waiting for them to score in returning this particular favour
about the number of tax rises.

PoP