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The Fight Against Tax Evasion - Keynote Lecture with Dame Margaret Hodge
13 May 2019, 6:15 pm–7:15 pm
How can we build a fairer and more transparent tax system to create prosperity both domestically and internationally?
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Global Governance Institute
Location
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B05 Lecture TheatreChadwick BuildingGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
Paying taxes is a social obligation – an obligation that provides funding for many of the public services that we value: healthcare, infrastructure and education. Unfortunately, this responsibility is neglected by some individuals and companies transferring the burden of societal costs onto others. As the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax (APPG), Dame Margaret Hodge works to build a fair and transparent tax system to create prosperity both domestically and internationally.
This event is hosted by the UCL Global Governance and Ethics Society in collaboration with the UCL Global Governance Institute.
About the Speaker
Dame Margaret Hodge
Margaret became the Labour Member of Parliament for Barking in June 1994. She has served in government, holding portfolios across education, work and pensions, business and culture. She was the first Children’s Minister from 2003 to 2005; Minister for Universities from 2001-2003; and Minister for the Arts and the Creative Industries for the final years of the last Labour Government.
In 2010, Margaret faced a challenge from the leader of the British National Party in the General Election of that year. She won the ‘Battle for Barking’ and was returned to Parliament with a comfortable majority. Later that year, Margaret also became the first elected Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and was also its first female Chair. After retiring the post in 2015, Margaret later published Called to Account reflecting on her time as Chair of the PAC.
Since 2015, Margaret has been Chair of the Board of Directors of Theatre Royal Stratford East and in 2018 became the Chair of College Council for Royal Holloway, University of London. She is also Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax, a Visiting Professor at The Policy Institute at King’s College London and a board member for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
