Covid-19: PM told Dyson he would 'fix' tax issue and passport helps Denmark open up
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1. Johnson's texts to Dyson over tax issue
Boris Johnson assured Sir James Dyson his employees would not have to pay extra tax if they came to the UK to make ventilators during the pandemic. Sir James, whose firm is now based in Singapore, wrote to the Treasury to ask for no change in tax status for staff. But in text messages sent in March 2020 - seen by the BBC - Sir James then went directly to the PM, with Mr Johnson replying: "I will fix it." Sir James said it was "absurd to suggest that the urgent correspondence was anything other than seeking compliance with rules". And the government said it did everything it could to get the right equipment.