Further to my previous updates on the efforts I and several other Norfolk and Suffolk MPs are making to support those affected by Apostle Accounting, I was pleased to be involved in a meeting yesterday with HMRC to discuss the ongoing situation and represent our affected constituents.

Secured by my colleague Jo Churchill MP (Member for Bury St Edmunds – the constituency in which Apostle Accounting are based), the meeting saw a number of Norfolk and Suffolk MPs involved. I took the opportunity to reaffirm the points previously raised in the joint letter I submitted to the Chief Executive of HMRC with Dr Dan Poulter MP, Duncan Baker MP, the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP and Tom Hunt MP, highlighting in particular the need to swiftly investigate the matter and provide additional support to those affected. 

Rest assured, I will continue to follow this developing case closely, working with fellow parliamentarians to provide support for those affected and to ensure that HMRC strengthen their systems in order to try and prevent such situations in future.

If YOU have been affected and are yet to contact me as your local MP (or you are yet to contact your own local MP), please do get in touch.

To see my previous updates on this matter (including more information on the content of the joint letter), please click here and here.