Ealing Council Join Union Fighting To Stop Tax Office Closure

Hundereds of local jobs at risk with shake-up plans

Proposals to close Ealing's HMRC offices will lead to around 260 job losses according to the union fighting the proposals.

It was announced in 2015 that 137 revenue and customs offices throughout the UK would be closing to be replaced by 13 regional centres.

Ealing's tax office is based at International House on the High Street and is scheduled to shut 2020/21.

Ealing Council has supported a motion to support the local Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) campaign to save HMRC Ealing from future closure. 

The motion read, "The proposed closure of the HMRC Ealing office in the year 2020/21 will mean the loss of approx 260 quality jobs, of which 75% are carried out by female and ethnic minority workers. This will mean HMRC no longer have a presence in Ealing.  The loss to the local Ealing economy is estimated at approx £1 million pounds per year. This loss will inevitably have a detrimental impact on other businesses in the area that staff use. We call on Ealing Council to debate this issue, oppose the loss of jobs in Ealing and join the campaign to keep the office open beyond 2020/21."

PCS union spokesperson Mark Benjamin said, "Our union members feel boosted in confidence  that with the support of our local Councillor Anthony Young, our local Ealing Central & Acton Member of Parliament Rupa Huq and the local Ealing Trades Council that our fight to stay local and not relocate to Stratford could be successful."

June 26 2018