The rich will pay up when prodded. So let’s make tax-collecting great again

What do we want? More tax inspectors. When do we want them? Ideally a few years back, but now will do. Maybe not the most exciting protest song, but it does it for me.

My first job in the Treasury was for a very sexy team called Revenue Service Delivery, clamping down on tax evasion and avoidance by hunting those stashing money in Swiss bank accounts or pretending to be self-employed.

That’s probably less persuasive for the rest of you, but I hope I can get you on this niche march by........

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