Google tax row: cabinet minister joins call for web firm to pay more

Transport secretary defends deal as move in right direction but expects audit office to come under pressure to investigate

A cabinet minister has said he would like to see Google pay more tax in future as Brussels considered demands to investigate the agreement reached by the internet company with the UK authorities.

The chancellor, George Osborne, has insisted the deal is a "major success" but his cabinet colleague Patrick McLoughlin said he would "like to see Google making more payments to the country" and suggested Whitehall's financial watchdog could examine it.