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Tory MP Geoffrey Cox has undeclared stake in ‘tax avoidance’ scheme

Exclusive: Former attorney general, who earns hundreds of thousands of pounds from a second job, is part of a scheme that was investigated by tax officials

Tory MP Geoffrey Cox has undeclared stake in ‘tax avoidance’ scheme
Millionaire Cox is under fire for voting remotely from the British Virgin Islands | Tommy London/Alamy Live News
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Under-fire Tory MP Geoffrey Cox is part of a scheme “designed specifically to avoid tax” – but has not declared it in his register of interests.

Millionaire Cox took advantage of lockdown rules to cast votes in Parliament remotely, while staying in the British Virgin Islands.

At the same time, he was earning hundreds of thousands of pounds from a second job helping the Caribbean tax haven with a corruption inquiry launched by the UK Foreign Office.