MPs criticised executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon on Monday for not paying more tax in Britain…Britain's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is charged with monitoring government financial affairs, invited the companies to give evidence amid mounting public and political concern about tax avoidance by big international companies. Britain and Germany last week announced plans to push the Group of 20 economic powers to make multinational companies pay their "fair share" of taxes following reports of large firms exploiting loopholes to avoid taxes. [includes statements by Amazon, Google, Starbucks]