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Professor Andrew Hayward, an infectious disease expert at University College London and member of SAGE, told Times Radio: We ve been through the worst of this .
The paltry amount Amazon pays in corporation tax could be wiped out by Rishi Sunak’s new ‘super deduction’, campaigners said yesterday.
Amazon’s British sales soared 51 per cent to £19.4billion last year. Its warehousing arm, Amazon UK Services, paid £6.3million in tax in 2019 despite raking in £3billion in sales.
But campaigners say the firm could eliminate its tax liability altogether.
The super deduction lets firms slash tax bills by 25p for every £1 spent on new equipment. George Turner, of the campaign group TaxWatch, said it would be lucrative for firms such as Amazon whose sales surged in the pandemic.
The government s OBR watchdog has estimated that the levy bring in another £1.8billion next month, suggesting two thirds of authorities will take advantage of the new freedom.
Gavin Williamson said the government is looking at doing things in a different way as it scrambles to help children catch up after the coronavirus lockdowns.
UK has announced it is unilaterally extending grace period on NI border checks
The decision sparked EU fury as the bloc threatened the UK with legal action
But Downing Street insisted it has not broken terms of the Brexit divorce deal
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said Brussels cannot trust the UK
Came amid rising community tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol
Some outlawed groups said they are temporarily withdrawing backing for GFA