A “RECORD” £24 billion tax haul has been slammed by the Tax Justice Network (TJN) as “made up.”

In a bulletin yesterday HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced £23.9bn in revenue from “compliance activities” — anti-tax-dodging work — in what Tory Treasury Secretary David Gauke described as a “clear signal” to taxpayers.

But TJN expert account Richard Murphy suggested that HMRC had based its figures on a watchdog’s estimate.