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  Propoer Funding of Public Services - Tax Avoidance and Evasion
  
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  @ MP voted aye to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity and for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
  @ MP voted no not to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity nor for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to call for the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity nor for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' that the tax gap, the difference between the amount of tax that should be paid to HMRC and what is actually paid, has been estimated at between a minimum of Â£35 billion and Â£90 billion;
  :''believes'' that successive Conservative governments have failed to address tax avoidance and evasion while making savage cuts to public services and undermining the social security net;
  :''further notes'' that the Tax Justice Network has described the UK as backsliding on financial transparency;
  :''is concerned'' by reports of the Conservative Partyâs links with individuals and companies that have engaged in tax avoidance; and
  :''calls for'' the proper funding of public services after a decade of austerity and for robust action to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.
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