The figures are a set of financial records for the entire UK public sector, from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 - under the previous Labour government - based on commercial accounting principles.

BBC: Government accounts show 'gobsmacking' costs

Ericsson had predicted a gross margin, the proportion of revenue left after accounting for general costs, parts and labour, of about 36.5%.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Ericsson profits beat forecasts

Investigations into the tribe's accounting system by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Labour have been unable to confirm that hundreds of thousands of federal dollars paid to the tribe were spent for the purposes intended.

ECONOMIST: The Cherokee nation

Britain's corporate taxes are in fact not all that high, according to a study by the World Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers, an accounting firm, which looks at the percentage of earnings that companies pay overall (including labour taxes).

ECONOMIST: Taxing companies