Plan to pay Liz Truss’s chief of staff through firm is dropped after criticism
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#643G4)
Arrangement to pay Mark Fullbrook through his lobbying company could have helped him avoid paying tax
The decision to pay Liz Truss's new chief of staff, Mark Fullbrook, through a private company has been dropped after criticism from within the Conservatives as well as from opposition parties.
The government admitted over the weekend that Fullbrook would be paid through his lobbying firm, a move that could have helped him avoid paying tax. He had previously claimed the firm had stopped all commercial activities.
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