Philip Davies: Tax jobs should stay in Bradford - and not be moved to Leeds
However, their decision to base the Yorkshire regional hub in Leeds, rather than in the Bradford district, is wrong-headed and something that I cannot support. My constituency of Shipley is home to a large tax office which currently employs 924 staff, and throughout the Bradford district, HMRC employs 2,300 people. Therefore, whilst my top priority is to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the people in my constituency, I believe that this decision to base the regional hub in Leeds is not only bad for the local economy but also bad for taxpayers.
HMRC’s starting point in any such decision should be to produce the best value for money for the taxpayer. However, in this specific case, the proposal is to locate a regional hub in a place that will be more expensive for the taxpayer than a very feasible alternative in Bradford.
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