PAC slates HMRC office restructure

HMRC’s plans to shut most of its local offices and move staff into large regional hubs has been attacked by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as unlikely to save as much money as predicted in initial plans.

The MPs said HMRC does not yet have a final business case for its estate strategy, which is scheduled to take place over the next 10 years and will see a move from the existing 170 offices to 13 regional centres, supported by four specialist sites and a central London headquarters.