Philip Green is Sponging Off the State

This is a guest blog by Johann Hari, columnist for The Independent newspaper. You can follow Johann at www.twitter.com/johannhari101 and read more of his articles at www.johannhari.com

You would be sent to prison if you claimed all your British wages ‘really’ belonged to your wife in a foreign tax haven and refused to pay any tax on it. But not Philip Green. You would be sent to prison if you claimed a massive chunk of your income ran through a post office box in Luxembourg and refused to pay any tax on it. But not Vodafone.