How embarrassing!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11540373/Ed-Milibands-US-adviser-David-Axelrod-pays-no-tax-in-Britain.html
Ed Miliband's US adviser David Axelrod pays no tax in Britain
David Axelrod, the former adviser to Barack Obama, tells The Telegraph that he is resident for tax purposes in the US
Ed Miliband's most senior adviser pays no tax on his reported £300,000 earnings in Britain, The Telegraph has learned.
David Axelrod, a former adviser to Barack Obama, admitted that he is not resident for tax purposes in the UK.
Labour confirmed it pays Mr Axelrod in dollars through his consultancy and that he "lives in the US, works in the US and pays taxes in the US".
While it is unclear how much tax Mr Axelrod will pay in the US, the rates of tax for companies are often significantly lower than for individuals.
The admission comes after Ed Miliband put a crackdown foreigners who pay lower rates of tax at the heart of his election manifesto.
Critics said that there is a "moral case" for Mr Axelrod to pay tax on his consultancy fees in the UK even if he does not need to do so under the law.
One Labour MP said: "I don't understand what we are getting for the £300,000, I think it is an obscene amount, I don't think he brings anything to the party. I have heard nothing from him and I don't want to. He's totally invisible."