A LABOURER from Clacton has been named and shamed by the government after failing to pay almost £31,000 in taxes.

HMRC has published new details about people and businesses given financial penalties for failing to comply with tax obligations or deliberately filing errors in tax returns.

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The list is updated every three months and the information is wiped after a year.

In the latest update, HMRC has named Lee James Tulip as having been given a penalty of more than £17,000.

Mr Tulip, of Jaywick Lane, was handed the fine after failing to pay tax amounting to £30,901 between April 2019 and April 2022.