Link to the article: Channel 4 News
Demonstrators have taken part in UK-wide protests over Topshop boss Sir Philip Green's tax affairs. They allege that he avoided paying hundreds of millions of pounds.
Protesters forced Topshop's main UK store to close its doors today during a demonstration against alleged tax avoidance by big businesses.
The action is focusing on the shop's owner, and government adviser, Sir Philip Green. The group claims Sir Philip deliberately tried to avoid paying hundreds of millions of pounds of UK tax by channelling £1.2 billion worth of funds from his Arcadia retail empire into an offshore vehicle registered to his wife in Monaco.
The Brighton branch of Topshop, where demonstrators have glued their hands to the windows, was also been forced to close. Protests are also taking place in Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham. There have been further unscheduled demos at Vodafone shops.
One campaigner in London said: "I am a peaceful protester. A woman was being thrown out of the store and I objected so I was picked up by two private security men.
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