Carr apologises for 'error of judgement' as PM is accused of hypocrisy over tax comments Under fire comedian Jimmy Carr today issued an apology for what he called a 'terrible error of judgement' as the row over his tax evasion embroiled the Prime Minister in a hypocrisy row. Writing on the social networking site Twitter Carr posted a statement saying he was no longer involved with the controversial K2 tax shelter. Although the tax scheme was declared to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), Carr has been heavily criticised after it was revealed that he was the biggest beneficiary of the process which protects money from tax in Jersey. However the PM himself was accused of hypocrisy today after he declined to criticise Take That singer and Conservative supporter Gary Barlow, who has been accused of using a complex scheme to avoid paying millions. I am not going to give a running commentary on different people's tax affairs. I don't think that would be right," the premier said at a press conference in Downing Street. I made an exception yesterday because it was a very specific case where the details seemed to have been published and it was a particularly egregious example of an avoidance scheme that seemed to me to be wrong and I made that point. Mr Cameron also said the "rules of the road" on tax were clear. However, some politicians accused the PM of hypocrisy over his statements. Shadow leader of the house Angela Eagle questioned Mr Cameron's decision to speak out about Carr's tax arrangements while remaining silent about those of other high profile figures. She said: "Oddly, (Mr Cameron) did not take the opportunity to condemn as morally repugnant the tax avoidance scheme used by Conservative supporter Gary Barlow, who has given a whole new meaning to the phrase Take That. If he is also morally repugnant, why has he been given an OBE in the Birthday Honours? Why is the Prime Minister's view of what's dodgy in the tax system so partial? Sir Philip Green has interesting tax arrangements but far from being labelled morally repugnant in a Mexico TV studio, he has got a Government review to head up. Carr, who has 2.3m followers on Twitter, today issued a statement in a series of messages on the social networking site Twitter, he said,