There are several issues that currently represent sensitive topics for UK society. Most notable is the tax avoidance of large online retailers and international chains exposed by the media in 2013. In times of austerity it is seen as distasteful that such profitable companies should be seeking legal loopholes to reduce their tax liabilities when normal people and small businesses are struggling to make ends meet.
Waste management is an important environmental topic, due to unsustainable consumption of natural resources and environmental damage caused by excess waste. The sector is currently undergoing a period of substantial change and extensive discussions are taking place in order to find the best solutions to the problem. The United Kingdom is substantially reducing the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites and increasingly a growing percentage of household waste is being recycled or composted..