Google denies 'Tories are/Labour are' autocomplete 'conspiracy theories'

The company says search oddities are unrelated to its UK tax bill after accusations that search results have been censored

Google has categorically denied "conspiracy theories" accusing it of censoring its search results to please the Conservative party in exchange for an agreement to pay just 130m in back taxes.

The accusations stem from Google's autocomplete function, which suggests search terms based on user input. The suggested searches are created algorithmically from previous searches on the topic.