Covid-19 Relief Fund

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo
Global Economy

UK's Sunak to raise business tax to pay for Covid-19 support: The Sunday Times

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

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference after discussing with German state premiers on whether to prolong or phase-out the lockdown to combat Covid-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2020, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues in Munich. Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool via REUTERS
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Germany can afford corona economic relief, says Merkel