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LABOUR said yesterday that the “revolving door” between Whitehall and the private sector is “spinning out of control” after a government adviser got a new job at Amazon.
Liam Maxwell, the government’s first national technology adviser, is reportedly set to join the online retail giant’s web services team.
Amazon has been under fire over its British tax bill last year, which totalled a mere 6 per cent of its £72.4 million pre-tax profits in 2016.
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
