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GEORGE OSBORNE must disclose every detail of the Google tax settlement, shadow chancellor John McDonnell demanded yesterday as more Tories joined the revolt against the “sweetheart deal.”
London Mayor Boris Johnson called for “clarity” on where Google’s profits are made and senior Tory backbencher David Davis said the amount of back tax the firm has agreed to pay was a “very small number.”
And at a parliamentary press briefing yesterday, a Downing Street spokesman repeatedly refused to echo Mr Osborne’s comment that the belated payment was a “major success.”
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
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
Fan group The 1873 issues scathing response to owners’ statement saying the club will not close
