Reaction to Facebook tax announcementpublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 4 March 2016
Differing reactions from the government and opposition to the Facebook tax changes that the BBC is reporting.
Downing Street says: “We are committed to making sure multinationals pay their fair share of tax in the UK. That is why we have taken a wide range of action on this.”
Labour responds, external: "From what we can see this means little or no real substantive change at this time. This government must wake up to the scale of the corporate tax abuse scandal in the UK. The truth is that the chancellor has allowed a situation where some companies feel they can pay what they want when they want."