NICK
THOMAS-SYMONDS
GOVERNMENT
DIGITAL SERVICES (GDS) - POST OFFICE FOUL UP
The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds is the Labour MP for Torfaen, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post of Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office.
It
is alleged that the GDS has deliberately engineered in a software
mismatch to enable Companies
House to be able to fine companies and directors, and is some cases
to target specific companies and directors, such as to make their
enterprises inoperable. In the process generating income for a potholed
and rutted economy. This process of buck-passing, or institutional
ping-pong is is known as "Vampire" politics, due to the
blood sucking nature of the practice. The buck-passing, being designed
to wear a complainant down. To drain them of energy, rather than to deal
with the issues that are making Britain less attractive to investors,
and tourists.
That
this systematic targeting of companies in the United
Kingdom, began with Rishi
Sunack, in not supplying the usual warning letters that were
previously relied upon, in the full knowledge that millions of pounds of
income from fines would be generated, as late filing fees. The proof of
which is the rapidity of letters sent to companies, the moment a filing
date is missed. Such agenda, allegedly, instigated for no other reason
than to inconvenience UK companies and cost them more money to operate.
Where, before such, vampire
tactics, the UK was a safer place to do business, with companies house
operating on a friendlier basis. Making the UK a hostile place to
conduct, or locate a business.
Parliamentary office
House of Commons
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Email Address: nick.thomassymonds.mp@parliament.uk
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Welsh Labour MP for Torfaen. Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations).
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GOVERNMENT DIGITAL SERVICES
Subject: Urgent: GDS Identity‑Handover Failure Preventing Companies House PIN Issuance
Dear Minister,
I am writing to request urgent intervention regarding a systemic failure affecting the Government Digital Service (GDS) identity‑verification handover to
Companies
House.
Three separate companies registered at the same address in Sussex have directors who were each successfully identity‑verified at the
Post
Office. Despite this, none of the directors received their Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), which are required to file Confirmation Statements.
This pattern strongly indicates a failure in the GDS → Companies House identity‑token transfer, rather than a postal issue. Without the PINs, the companies are legally unable to meet statutory filing obligations and are exposed to penalties or involuntary strike‑off through no fault of their own.
I therefore request:
Immediate investigation into the GDS identity‑handover process for the affected directors.
Urgent re‑issue of the relevant PINs, by post and by secure digital means where possible.
Written assurance that no enforcement action will be taken while this failure is being resolved.
Confirmation of whether an address‑level or batch‑level error has occurred within GDS systems.
Given the statutory deadlines involved, I would be grateful for your urgent assistance.
Please see the correspondence attached, from Companies House, to confirm
that they say they are not to blame for this matter, and that they
either will not, or cannot (by virtue of departmental responsibility)
raise this issue with yourselves, or correctly identify those
responsible. In so doing, confirming that there is no appeal process,
safety net, no support, or back up, for when the system fails. Thus
rendering the system dysfunctional.
Yours sincerely,
[Name]
[Company Names & Numbers]
[Address]
[Contact details]
Where to send it
Nick Thomas‑Symonds MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London SW1A 2AS
You may also copy to:
- CEO, Companies House
- Your constituency MP
- The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (if no reply after 8 weeks)
WIKIPEDIA
According
to Wikipedia, Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds FRHistS (born 26 May 1980) is a British academic, barrister and politician who has been Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Minister for the
unwritten Constitution
(the UK has no written constitution, it has an honours system,
allegedly, rewarding those who uphold the unwritten constitution, and do
not rock the boat) and European Union Relations since July 2024. A member of the
Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Torfaen since 2015.
Thomas-Symonds served as Shadow Home Secretary from 2020 to 2021, and held several junior shadow portfolios from 2015 to 2020. Prior to his election to Parliament, he was a chancery and commercial barrister at Civitas Law. He is the author of books on Clement Attlee, Nye Bevan and
Harold Wilson.
PAYMASTER GENERAL
On 8 July 2024, he was appointed Paymaster General, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations, as the Government’s Lead Negotiator on the UK-EU “Reset” negotiations. A close ally of
Sir Keir Starmer his strategy was to make progress across three pillars: first, security and defence; second, citizens’ safety, covering serious and organised crime, including people smuggling; and third, trade and
growth.
On 4 February 2025, in a speech at the UK-EU Forum, Nick Thomas-Symonds declared: “the time for ideologically-driven division is over…the time for ruthless pragmatism is now.”
On 7 May 2025, Nick Thomas-Symonds indicated that the Government would be open to agreeing a “smart, controlled” Youth Mobility Scheme with the EU.
On 19 May 2025, at the first post-Brexit UK-EU Summit at Lancaster House, the UK and the EU agreed a new Strategic Partnership including: a Security and Defence Partnership; a sanitary and phytosanitary agreement reducing trade barriers in agri-food products,
food, and drink;
energy; crime and irregular migration; and on eGates. Nick Thomas-Symonds declared that the “UK-EU Strategic Partnership…delivers on jobs, bills and borders.
Andrew Marr wrote in the New Statesman that Nick Thomas-Symonds was “the brain behind Labour’s EU deal” and asked: “with his talk of “ruthless pragmatism”, is Nick Thomas-Symonds the heir to Harold Wilson?”.
Nick Thomas-Symonds pursued legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the
House of
Lords. He introduced the Bill at Second Reading on 15 October 2024, arguing that: “The second Chamber plays a vital role in our constitution, but people should not have a role in voting on and scrutinising our laws in Parliament by an accident of birth.”
Nick Thomas-Symonds established the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in Regulations in August 2024 and February 2025.
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