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Rupert Murdoch attacks UK government over 'easy' Google tax settlement

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By John McCarthy, Opinion Editor

January 27, 2016 | 2 min read

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has hit out at Google and the UK in a Twitter rant accusing the search giant of having "cleverly planted dozens of their people in White House, Downing St, other governments” in order to create sweatheart tax deals.

The head of News Corp attacked the government for its £130m tax deal with the search giant, accusing it of “paying token amounts for PR purposes”.

He tweeted on Wedneday 27 January.

The comments were made amid widespread criticism that the £130m Google has forked out, covering tax dating to 2005, was lower than anticipated.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said during PMQs that the HMRC deal was equivalent to a three per cent tax rate.

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