Following on from our campaign to expose tax avoidance amongst the super rich, most recently being Sir Philip Green, the Deputy Prime Minister and ConDem'd politician Nick Clegg has finally come around to our way of thinking... while his boss is on holiday!Liberal Democrat MPs have called for the tax affairs of the government's efficiency advisor Philip Green to be investigated after Nick Clegg pledged to crack down on tax avoidance.
The appointment of the Topshop billionaire last week to head a review of the government's drive to cut public spending was controversial with tax experts and trade unions, who accuse him of avoiding a personal tax bill of nearly £300m.
Green dismissed the criticism as irrelevant, but his role has come under scrutiny again after Clegg said yesterday that clamping down on tax avoidance was on the coalition government's agenda.
Speaking at an event to promote the government's efforts to increase social mobility, the deputy prime minister said: "We are looking at the case for an anti-avoidance rule to ensure that wealthy individuals pay their fair share of tax."
Clegg's comments prompted Liberal Democrat MPs to demand that Green's tax affairs be investigated.
