Facebook's UK tax bill rises to £15.8m – but it is still just 1% of sales

Margaret Hodge MP says it is 'outrageous' how little tax the company pays in Britain

Facebook paid 15.8m in tax in the UK last year despite collecting a record 1.3bn in British sales.

The social media giant's accounts show that while Facebook increased its UK income by more than 50% in 2017, its pre-tax profits increased by only 6% to 62.7m. The Silicon Valley-based company's UK taxable profits were reduced by a 444m charge for unexplained "administrative expenses".