A huge 17.5% of UK public procurement contracts were won by businesses with connections to a tax haven between 2014 and 2019.

Those contracts were worth a staggering £37.5bn.

The UK Government has closed many tax avoidance loopholes in recent years.

But an estimated £17bn of corporation tax receipts are still going astray as a result of profit-shifting alone. This is where multinational firms exploit gaps in tax rules to move profits to low or no-tax locations.

Local authorities can play a key role encouraging responsible tax conduct.

We want all councils to sign up to the Councils for Fair Tax Declaration, committing themselves to better tax practices.

You can use our postcode search tool to send a message to your local councillors, encouraging them to sign up to the Declaration.