Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness APPG

First Registered: 14/07/2021 • Last updated on: 18/06/2025

To raise concerns about the Loan Charge legislation and associated HMRC action against thousands of freelance, contract and locum workers and small company owners in the UK, as well as the wider context of fairness of the tax system and the conduct, performance and accountability of HMRC.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.

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4 Current Officers - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits

Reticulating Splines

2 Additional APPG Publications

1 November 2019

Loan Charge Inquiry Update November 2019

1 April 2019

Loan Charge Inquiry Report April 2019

4 Current APPG Officers

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Sammy Wilson

Chair & Registered Contact

Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim

Joined: 14th July 2021

1 APPG Officer Position
Pandemic Response and Recovery
7 APPG Memberships
Armenia , Christians in Parliament , Commonwealth , Fair Banking , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Listed Properties

Greg Smith

Co-Chair

Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire

Joined: 14th July 2021

4 APPG Officer Positions
Beer , Formula 1 and Motorsport , Furniture Industry , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support
14 APPG Memberships
Blockchain Technologies , British Jews , Commonwealth , Dark Skies , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Freight and Logistics , Israel , Prostate Cancer , Publishing , Serbia , Snooker , South East , Transport Safety , Vascular and Venous Disease

Emily Darlington

Vice Chair

Labour - Milton Keynes Central

Joined: 9th October 2024

4 APPG Officer Positions
Aid Match , Canada , Homelessness , Self-Driving Vehicles
5 APPG Memberships
Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC) and the Pacific Islands , Cats , Commonwealth , University , Women in Parliament

Sarah Olney

Vice Chair

Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park

Joined: 14th July 2021

2 APPG Officer Positions
Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion
8 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Future of Work , Global Education , Intellectual Property , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Music , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention , Writers

Contact Details

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Registered Contact:

Sammy Wilson MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8523.

Email: barronj@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Richard Clancey, Loan Charge Action Group. Tel: 07973 621134

Email: contact@loanchargeappg.co.uk

Secretariat:

Loan Charge Action Group acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.hmrcloancharge.info/

Group's Website:

https://www.loanchargeappg.co.uk