Revealed: Guest list for secretive Bilderberg conference shows Osborne and Balls will join Amazon and Google chiefs

Revealed: Guest list for secretive Bilderberg conference shows Osborne and Balls will join Amazon and Google chiefs as pressure mounts over firms' tax avoidance

Guest list revealed for Bilderberg Conference at Grove Hotel in Watford Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Eric Schmidt of Google will both be attending 'Cyber warfare', 'U.S. foreign policy' and 'Africa's challenges' on agenda List of 140 politicians, academics and businessmen includes 14 women


George Osborne and Ed Balls will join the chiefs of Amazon and Google at a secretive conference, it was revealed last night, as both firms face mounting pressure over their tax avoidance strategies.
The Chancellor and his Labour shadow will attend the Bilderberg Conference at the five-star Grove Hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire, along with Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt of Google.
Their names were revealed in a list of 140 politicians, academics and businessmen - including only 14 women - who will this week discuss topics such as ‘cyber warfare’ and ‘jobs, entitlement and debt’.
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Guest list: Chancellor George Osborne and his Labour shadow Ed Balls will attend the Bilderberg Conference

Bilderberg - which will also be attended by former Barclays chairman Marcus Agius - has a shadowy reputation which has come under scrutiny in recent years, forcing organisers to be more open.

Also attending the event will be former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger, former Labour minister Lord Mandelson, Cabinet minister Ken Clarke and former foreign secretary Lord Carrington.

A Bilderberg spokesman said in a press release: ‘The conference has always been a forum for informal, off-the-record discussions about megatrends and the major issues facing the world.

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