Murdoch lambasts Downing Street over 'easy' Google tax deal

Media mogul, whose own tax affairs came under scrutiny in Australia, says 'posh boy' politicians were too awed by tech giant

Rupert Murdoch has accused the "posh boys in Downing Street" of being too easily awed by Google as the government came under fire over its 130m tax deal with the technology giant.

Murdoch, the multibillionaire executive chairman of News Corp who ultimately controls the Times and the Sun newspapers, sent a series of tweets on Wednesday suggesting Downing Street was too close to Google and accusing the company of "paying token amounts for PR purposes".