Protecting the border? Not only are we awash with illegals and terrorists but also legal fat cat non tax payers. Increases in tax revenue by stealth taxes on the poor and a refusal to coorrect even in part the disaster of nigel lawsons 1986 tax give away to the super rich. Dont you bother resigning Gordon. You are out at the next election.

kenny, hove, uk

What an appalling resigantion letter, rather than own up and give expicit details fo the failure he mutters on about the improvments that he has overseen whilst at HMRC . That may well be the case, but a resignation letter as a reslut of such a serious failure is no place to try and regain some degree of credibilty.

A Brewer, Oxford, UK

Surely this has been coming for a long time. Staff cuts office closures. I work for HMRC and I have seen eperienced staff with knowledge, specialist skills and years experience sent to work in departments where their skills and experience is wasted. HMRC are looking at figures not skills and pushing people from pillar to post and then putting less experienced staff in to posts that require years of training. Paul Gray should resign by making savings, cutting staff closing offices has put the security at risk. The plan off cutting staff may have worked had it been planned out and not done in bulk and on business area. Noone ever asks the people who know and that is the people doing the job not someone sittting behind a desk knowing nothing of what goes on in individual areas. If the business spent more time investing in the staff they have instead of bringing in expensive consultants then costs could be cut and security less likely to be compromised as the staff had pride in their work

Linzi, Newcastle, UK

'Protecting our border'. From what ? The tsetse fly ??

Rick, London, England