Sir Philip Green Gov't spending review

[Doggy Styles]

The country would be better off if Sir Philip paid his fair share of tax.

'Fair share'? Are you Gordon Brown in disguise?

If Green were evading taxes, he'd be prosecuted. Evidently he is not, he is merely avoiding taxes, like most of the people on here, albeit with a special arrangement with HMG due to his position as a large wealth-creator.

So no problem as far as I'm concerned.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Firstly I agree that Philip Green should be paying his taxes in the UK, and I hope using him for this report does not detract from what has been unearthed.

We all know of waste in the public sector, the show needs to be completely looked at from scratch, many civil servants still have working practices from the 1950's.

I know there is waste in the private sector but at least I am not paying that bill, if a private company wishes to waste money that is their look out, and if it makes them fat then competition will provide an alternative.

I'd be a bit cautious about this if I was working on a government contract - the main thrust of his argument seems to be "shaft suppliers and take ages to pay your bills" and guess who will bear the brunt of that - not civil servants.

[AtW]

the main thrust of his argument seems to be "shaft suppliers and take ages to pay your bills"

His argument that same stuff/service should not vary in price that much across the UK - those tulipy PPPs result in ridiculous charges for things that are cheap (like changing lightbulb etc).