Dan Tomlinson MP (@Dan4Barnet) / X

Dan Tomlinson MP

2,821 posts

Dan Tomlinson MP

@Dan4Barnet

Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet & Exchequer Secretary to @hmtreasury.

Barnet, London

linktr.ee/dantomlinson

Joined July 2015

Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
14h
I would add that the hot takes on devolution should also engage much more seriously with economic incentives: with how regional & local government have almost no fiscal incentive whatsoever to grow, and whether changing that might be an important pro-growth reform for a
Tom Forth
@thomasforth
19h
In 1998 and 1999, four of Britain's regions and nations voted for devolution. Since then, all have overperformed the rest of the country economically. Even Wales. . Also a bit of a rant about how London isn't the only big city in Britain. tomforth.co.uk/agglomerationb…
17K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 3
If an incoming PM is looking for ways to improve Westminster, I would gladly lead a review of the effectiveness and value for money of Written Parliamentary Questions. Of course, they play an important role in providing scrutiny of the government. But, really...
307K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 3
HMRCs improved digital services are helping millions of customers manage their tax more effectively. Hear more about what’s changed in the video below…
HM Revenue & Customs
@HMRCgovuk
Jul 2
We’re on the move. 🚶‍♂️➡️📱 Hear from Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Dan Tomlinson MP, as he sets out how we’re transforming - making services simpler, faster, and more accessible through digital. Ready to take control of your money and tax? Download the HMRC app
00:00
6.1K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 2
We're going after tax dodgers on the High Street. 30,000 interventions this year, now that I've reoriented a swathe of HMRCs compliance work towards the High Street. Making sure the tax dept is putting its shoulder to the wheel to go after those blighting our communities.
HM Revenue & Customs
@HMRCgovuk
Jun 26
We’re cracking down on illegal activity on our high streets. ❌ Our message is clear – the days of criminals hiding behind shop fronts are over. You will be caught. Watch our video, filmed on the first of 30,000 high street interventions planned for this year, to learn more
00:00
3.5K
Dan Tomlinson MP reposted
Keir Starmer
@Keir_Starmer
Jul 2
Good news.
00:00
1.8M
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 1
Earlier this week (sadly clashed with a speech from a certain newly elected MP…!) I spoke to the IfG about the big transformation HMRC is undergoing to improve our services for taxpayers. Watch the speech and Q&A here:
HM Revenue & Customs
@HMRCgovuk
Jul 1
In case you missed it... 👀 This week, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (XST), Dan Tomlinson MP, set out how we’re transforming our customer services both now and for the future, at the Institute for Government. This includes a shift to digital by default, reducing post
00:00
5.4K
Dan Tomlinson MP reposted
HM Revenue & Customs
@HMRCgovuk
Jun 28
We’re taking action against those who commit till fraud to avoid paying what they owe. 💰 On recent unannounced visits in London, we downloaded data from dodgy high street trader tills and card readers to check if they were engaging in Electronic Sales Suppression. This is
00:00
13K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 1
London retains a very low share of the tax revenue it generates. It could retain more, much more in fact, and have more control over where and how it was spent. It would have more skin in the game than Whitehall to manage the costs of projects down, giving us a plausible route to
Scott Goetz
@ScottGoetz_
Jun 30
Replying to @Dan4Barnet
Even if you believe public investment in the north will increase long run GDP sufficient to allow London to retain taxation revenue this does not happen in 3 years so for now you are proposing non investment spending cuts (lol), redistribution out of London, or borrowing.
9.1K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jul 1
I want London to be able to spend more of London's tax revenues in London. And Manchester, say, to be able to spend more of Manchester's tax revenue in Manchester. At the moment, neither of them get to do much of that at all. Instead, national government spends the tax revenues
George Spencer
@HeracleanVision
Jun 30
Do you want to spend more of the tax revenue raised in London on the North, or less? There's no third choice here. Which is it?
55K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jun 30
Erm. No. It is entirely possible, in fact totally desirable, for London to retain more of the tax revenue it generates & for more investment to happen elsewhere in the country. These two things are complementary not conflicting.
George Spencer
@HeracleanVision
Jun 30
This kind of credulism is the most egregious thing about British journalism. Burnham cannot simultaneously be serious about ploughing investment into the North and about allowing London to keep more of its own revenues - so which is it? The question goes unasked...
58K
Dan Tomlinson MP reposted
HM Revenue & Customs
@HMRCgovuk
Jun 29
Today, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (XST), Dan Tomlinson MP, delivered a speech at the Institute for Government. 📣 During the speech, XST set out how we're transforming services for our customers, from the highly-rated HMRC app, to the launch of Making Tax Digital,
3.1K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jun 28
Anyone else looking forward to the big speech tomorrow from the new-ish MP? I certainly am! Glad to be talking at the IfG tomorrow on how we are improving HMRC for taxpayers, and the big transformation the department is undergoing.
A keynote speech by Dan Tomlinson MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury | Institute for Government
From instituteforgovernment.org.uk
26K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jun 27
Re-upping this from last year. Going faster on devo and investment in places like Leeds is good for places like London too. Our city streets are increasingly full of traffic & our homes are more expensive. Changing Britain's Britain's economic geography so we are no longer
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Apr 8, 2025
Let me tell you the story of the most visible example of economic and political failure in modern Britain. Leeds is the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system, and we are all poorer because of it. How did we get here? Why does it matter? And what can be
15K
Dan Tomlinson MP
@Dan4Barnet
Jun 25
Enjoyable, as ever, pushing back on the Ferrari grilling today. My strongly held views for the day: Leicester Square is not Britain and Ministers should not spend their time looking up Peppa Pig World ticket prices.
00:00
143K