HMRC defends 'most wanted' tax fugitive list

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has defended the publication of a tax evaders 'most wanted' list amid criticism from the Labour Party.

Last week HMRC names and photographs of people it said had cost the taxpayer millions in lost revenue. The BBC then reported only one in 20 people named had been caught, a statistic Labour said proved the project had been a "huge failure". However, HMRC said the list is a simple way of unearthing fresh leads on the whereabouts of those mentioned. HMRC's director of criminal investigation said the gallery was a cost-effective way of bringing in valuable information about the suspects, adding bringing them to justice was a "long process" . The Revenue added ten more faces to the...