Google’s £50m Treasury bill to ‘reignite tax debate’

Tech giants facing growing public and legislative pressure to pay their fair share

Google AI
The Duplex voice assistant does a convincing impression of human speech
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The amount Google pays in tax in the UK will increase this year, as the tech giant and others like it face mounting pressure to pay their fare share.

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