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Edinburgh’s business rate dodgers are walking free—literally. For three years, not a single criminal charge has been filed under Section 29 of Scotland’s 2020 rates act, designed to punish false reporting. Police say they don’t track it because civil penalties usually handle the issue. But when gift shops in the iconic Debenhams building (which burned down) were raided for unpaid rates, public outrage spiked. Behind them? A shell company with phantom directors and fake addresses. City councillor Claire Miller is demanding stronger laws or transparency, while courts confirm zero prosecutions since last year. Politicians from all sides are now calling for action—especially as businesses vanish and reappear under new names to avoid taxes.

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