Joining France in delaying tax would be a manifesto U-turn by Javid, but not a screeching one
Here’s a ladder, Mr Javid, would you like to climb down? That was not, obviously, how the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development pitched his hope that a global agreement on taxing technology giants will be in place by the end of the year. But one can sense how events might develop.
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