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Gauke admitted that some of his colleagues may have made cash in hand payments, though he denied having paid cash himself to a tradesman to gain a discount.
Jeremy Hunt, the Olympics minister, was asked at a London 2012 security briefing whether he could say "hand on heart" that he had never made any cash in hand payments.
David Gauke, the exchequer secretary to the Treasury, risked shining a spotlight on whether any of his government colleagues have ever made cash in hand payments to plumbers when he described the practice as a large part of Britain's "hidden economy".
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On the other hand, payment per output may avoid the problem of PBF being seen as an 'acquired right' [ 22].
It could incentivise cash-in-hand payments, driving people into the informal economy.
They said that he had only described cash-in-hand payments as morally wrong if they were designed to secure a discount from a tradesman avoiding tax.
Was Gauke right to take aim at cash-in-hand payments, or should the focus be on big business and tax havens?
The most accurate value we can ascribe to the loss of tax revenues through cash-in-hand payments is 'up to £8 billion'.
The furore was provoked when the shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said he always asked for proof of cash-in-hand payments, even when he handed over £10 to have his hedge cut.
David Cameron, Boris Johnson and Nick Clegg all admitted that they have made cash-in-hand payments to tradesmen as Downing Street struggled to control a debate on the morality of tax.
The prime minister's denial of self-enrichment deserves credence, as this is the first suggestion that he is anything less than squeaky clean.On the other hand, El Mundo has quoted five unnamed sources who spoke of regular cash-in-hand payments to party leaders.
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