Governments say 'there is no more money' while billions of pounds in tax is unpaid

“There is no more money.”secretary, Humza Yousaf, told Scottish NHS workers who are about to go on strike for a better pay deal.“There is no magic money tree,” Theresa May, when Prime Minister, told nurses in 2017 when they asked for a pay rise after years of a 1% cap.

The bottom line is workers are asking for a pay rise to reflect the rocketing cost of living and governments are replying “there is no more money”.Where these words hit home and hit hardest is in communities where the absence of funding leaves facilities shut and people vulnerable, cold and hungry. Almost 450 groups applied for funding, with the amount applied for reaching more than £130m over three years.There is certainly not enough to go around.

The Scottish Government gets much of its money, but not all as it raises its own taxes too, from the UK Government.Taxes on individuals and businesses, on income, on transactions and almost every time money changes hands a slice of it goes to the Government through HMRC, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.It has been revealed, by a House of Commons committee, that there is £45bn in uncollected tax, lost to the country.

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