> Tax gaps are currently estimated at 39.8 billions [2]. And guess what the Tories chose to do instead of increasing taxes on the richer cohort of the populati

> Tax gaps are currently estimated at 39.8 billions [2]. And guess what the Tories chose to do instead of increasing taxes on the richer cohort of the population? Cut budgets for welfare programs, increasing poverty, making society less productive: more sick, less educated, individuals in poverty stay in poverty for longer further reducing economic output and straining public services, staying in poverty longer also mean a smaller tax contribution, so on and so forth.