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Britain increases business tax to pay off nation's vast Covid-19 debt

"Even after this change, the United Kingdom will still have the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7," Sunak said

UK to hike corporation tax to 25% from 19% from 2023, says FM Sunak

Sunak said small businesses with profits of less than 50,000 pounds a year would be charged only 19%

UK MPs to debate press freedom, safety of protesters in India next week

British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which had crossed the 100,000-signature threshold required for such a debate, the House of Commons Petitions Committee confirmed on Wednesday. The 90-minute debate will be held at Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament complex in London and will be opened by Scottish National Party (SNP) MP and member of the Petitions Committee Martyn Day, and a minister will be deputed to respond on behalf of the UK government. The debate relates to the petition entitled Urge the Indian Government to ensure safety of protesters & press freedom', which called on the British government to make a public statement on the #kissanprotests & press freedoms. Next week, the issue will come up for debate and is expected to involve backbench MPs who have been vocal on the issue of farmers' protests in India, including Opposition Labour MP Tan Dhesi. India has ...

Rishi Sunak plots tax raid to plug UK deficit, risking Tory rage

Sunak's answers will shape his own fortunes, the Conservative government's political identity, and the UK economy's chances of making a full recovery from its deepest recession for 300 years

Britain to offer all adults a Covid-19 vaccine by end of July: Report

The British government announced Sunday that it aims to give every adult in the country a first dose of coronavirus vaccine by July 31, a month earlier than its previous target. The new target also aims for everyone over 50 or with an underlying health condition to get a vaccine shot by April 15, rather than the previous target of May 1. The makers of the two vaccines that Britain is using, Pfizer and AstraZeneca, have both experienced supply problems in Europe. But UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who announced the new targets, said we now think that we have the supplies to speed up the vaccination campaign. The early success of Britain's vaccination campaign is welcome good news for a country that has had more than 120,000 coronavirus deaths, the highest toll in Europe. More than 17.2 million people, almost a third of the country's adults, have been given the first of two doses of vaccine since inoculations began on December 8. Britain is delaying giving second vaccine doses un

UK's Rishi Sunak to raise business tax to pay for Covid-19 support

Allies of Sunak clarified he would not increase corporation tax higher than 23 per cent

Britain plans to unveil new visa scheme for financial technology workers

London tops European rankings for such companies, according to an index compiled by real estate broker Savills

Covid lockdown decimates UK retail as volumes dip 8%, borrowing surge slows

Department stores and clothing stores saw the sharpest fall last month while online shopping rose to its highest ever share of total spending at 35.2%

Tougher travel rules to contain spread of Covid-19 come into force in UK

The UK's tougher new travel rules to contain the spread of COVID-19 variants came into effect from Monday

UK hits 15 mn Covid vaccination milestone, expands drive to cover over-65s

The UK on Sunday achieved what Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed as a "significant milestone" as 15 million people received at least their first of two jabs to protect against COVID-19. The news came as the National Health Service (NHS) confirmed that its vaccination programme will officially expand further from Monday, inviting all over-65s and clinically vulnerable groups to receive their jabs. "It has been a truly national, UK-wide effort. We have done it together, Johnson said in a video message from Downing Street. "And in England, I can tell you we have now offered jabs to everyone in the first four priority groups, the people most likely to be severely ill from coronavirus, hitting the first target we set ourselves," he said, declaring that the government's target to cover all the designated top four priority groups of over-70s and frontline health and care workers with at least one of the two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines by the middle of February ha

'Unacceptable': UK attacks China after ban on BBC news services

China has criticised BBC for its reporting on the coronavirus pandemic and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs and lodged a protest with the British broadcaster.

Farm reform domestic policy, but will continue following protests: UK

In the Business Questions, Dhesi asked: "Currently, the largest protest on the planet, the peaceful farmers' protest in India has been ongoing for months now"

While wanting good EU ties, PM Johnson prioritises UK internal trade

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would do everything to ensure that free trade between the United Kingdom's four nations would be "untrammeled"

Exports from UK to European Union down 68% since Brexit trade deal

Some businesses have struggled with new customs declarations and health certificates as the coronavirus pandemic also hits firms

A day after Britain acts against media outlet CGTN, China targets BBC

Britain and China have been exchanging barbs for months over China's crackdown on dissent in the former British colony of Hong Kong

There are around 4,000 variants of coronavirus, says British minister

Thousands of variants of the type of coronavirus that causes Covid-19 have been documented as the virus mutates

British FM says flexibility, compromise needed for Cyprus talks restart

Britain's foreign minister said Thursday that flexibility and compromise are key to making the most of a fresh United Nations bid to restart talks on resolving Cyprus' decades-old ethnic division.

UK opens special visa route for Hong Kong residents to become citizens

The UK government forecasts the new visa could attract more than 300,000 people and their dependants to Britain

British government working on Covid recovery plan for economy: Report

Britain's government is working on a recovery plan for the country's Covid-battered economy

Coronavirus vaccines may work less on variants: UK health minister

Hancock's warning came as the U.K. reported it had vaccinated more than 5 million people, including three-quarters of those over 80