FACEBOOK is facing fresh controversy over its tax arrangements after it emerged its UK staff are expected to reap share bonuses worth £250 million in the next three years.

Details of the performance-linked rewards, equal to an average of £690,000 per employee at its London base, were disclosed in The Sunday Times just days after it was learned the social media giant paid just £4,327 in company taxes in its latest financial year.

Facebook’s 2014 accounts show that the company made an accounting loss of £28.5 million in Britain, after paying out more than £35 million to its 362 staff in a share bonus scheme.

Volkswagen is facing a €40 billion (£30m) class action from over the dieselgate emissions scandal, which has already seen more than €25bn wiped off the stock market value of the German car giant.

Top legal firm Quinn Emanuel has been hired by claim funding group Bentham to prepare the case for Volkswagen shareholders, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

The case is on top of recalls and fines which could cost the manufacturer tens of billions of euros, the paper said.

Harrods lifted profits by 4.2 per cent to £146.3m in its latest financial year after securing higher spending from wealth European and Middle Eastern visitors, reported The Mail on Sunday.

Sales at the high-end department store increased by 1.2 per cent to £1.4bn in the year ended January 31, with the retailer devoting more space to “luxury boutiques” in store.