Inconsistent and inadequate data and tools are hampering the European Union’s ability to counter intra-community VAT fraud, which costs the bloc at least €60bn every year, auditors have warned.
The UK sent a total of £11.4bn to the European Union in 2014 and received £5.6bn in return, a net contribution of £5.7bn, government auditors have confirmed.
Facts and figures from the October 2015 edition of Public Finance, including tax avoidance, the public estate, hiring and firing rates, dissatisfaction with the EU and life peerages
The British political class is obsessed with two narratives, austerity and Europe. But there are other ways of looking at the economic challenges we face
