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Amazon lands Government deals worth £200m as Rishi Sunak vows tax blitz on web giants

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21.02.2021 - 00:30

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Tax row internet giant Amazon has landed Government contracts worth more than £200million. The deals – largely to store digital data – came as Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged a tax blitz on online firms.

Since December, Amazon Web Services has renewed deals worth £120million with the Home Office and £57million with the Department of Work and Pensions.

Tie-ups with the likes of Public Health England, the Cabinet Office and DVLA are worth another £23million. Meanwhile, Amazon’s UK online sales soared £2billion in lockdown and the fortune of owner Jeff Bezos hit a mindblowing £136billion.

Labour ’s Chi Onwurah said of the deals: “It is deeply worrying how dependent we are on the company.” The Cabinet Office said: “Amazon Web Services is just

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