This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34798266
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| HMRC to announce Scottish closures | HMRC to announce Scottish closures |
| (34 minutes later) | |
| The tax collection agency, HMRC, is preparing to announce a major restructuring plan which is likely to see large scale job losses in Scotland over the next ten years. | The tax collection agency, HMRC, is preparing to announce a major restructuring plan which is likely to see large scale job losses in Scotland over the next ten years. |
| The agency's network of offices includes major centres in Dundee, Cumbernauld and East Kilbride. | The agency's network of offices includes major centres in Dundee, Cumbernauld and East Kilbride. |
| These are expected to close, with future operations in new regional centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh. | These are expected to close, with future operations in new regional centres in Glasgow and Edinburgh. |
| A smaller unit will be retained at the national crime campus in Gartcosh. | |
| HMRC currently employs more than 8,000 people in Scotland. Management are briefing staff on their plans this morning and a formal announcement is expected at midday. | HMRC currently employs more than 8,000 people in Scotland. Management are briefing staff on their plans this morning and a formal announcement is expected at midday. |
| The plans form proposals which would see staff at a large number of HM Revenue and Customs' local offices move to fewer than 20 new centres across the UK. | |
| 'Modernisation programme' | |
| A spokesman for HMRC said that a move to fewer, but larger and more modern offices, would help it to deliver better services to its customers and bring in more tax revenue for public services. | |
| He added: "These changes are part of an ongoing modernisation programme begun several years ago and will take place over the next 10 years." | |
| Last week, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee said HMRC's customer service was so bad that it could be affecting tax collection. | |
| HMRC denied that, and said it had now recruited 3,000 more staff to help. | |
| The PCS union said the plans to close "all but a handful of HM Revenue and Customs' 160 remaining UK offices" would be "devastating" and must be reviewed by MPs. | |
| The union said the plans, which are being announced while the UK Parliament is in recess, "pose a significant threat to the operation of HMRC, its service to the public and the working lives of staff". |