Upcoming Event: Another Post Office Scandal?
Ten Years of Injustice for Investment Fraud Victims vs HMRC
Date: Monday 12 May 2025
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location:
UK Parliament (Committee Room 11)
Hosted by:
The Investment Fraud Committee (APPG on Investment Fraud & Fairer Financial Services)
In Partnership with:
The Transparency Task Force (TTF)
Chaired by Andy Agathangelou, Founder of the Transparency Task Force, this summit will bring together a distinguished panel of speakers including:
- Carly Barnes-Short & guest sports stars on the hidden impact of fraud in sport and public life
- Jeremy Cornford, Financial advisor - on parallels with Horizon, Loan Charge and HMRC
- Sue Flood - Survivor of regulated investment fraud and victim representative
- Kim Goldsmith - Victim and victim welfare campaigner
- Lord Mann - Former Chair of the Treasury Select Committee
- Simon Myerson KC - Leading barrister on tax and fraud
- Baroness Newlove - Victims Commissioner for England and Wales
- Margaret Snowdon OBE - Pensions expert
- Anthony Stansfeld - Former Police and Crime Commissioner
- Brian Deane - Former Professional Footballer
- Danny Murphy - Former Professional Footballer
More Speakers to be confirmed.
This summit will focus on the overlooked crisis of investment fraud - particularly within pensions and sport - and the devastating consequences for victims now facing unfair tax liabilities, interest, and penalties from HMRC. The discussion will address systematic failures in regulation, legal recourse, and HMRC policy, drawing comparisons with the Post Office Horizon and Loan Charge scandals. As the government considers expanding HMRC's powers, the summit will explore whether the is the next national scandal in the making.