Helen Jones is partner in private client tax services at accountants and business advisors BDO Helen Jones is partner in private client tax services at accountants and business advisors BDO. Last week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak wrote to the Office of Tax Simplification to commission a review of Capital Gains Tax. This has resulted in … Read more
The most deprived areas of England have coronavirus death rates twice as high as the richest areas, stark official data confirms. People living in the poorest areas of the country, which are typically inner city boroughs in London, Birmingham and the north of England, have suffered an average of almost 140 Covid-19 deaths for every … Read more
Coronavirus cases have risen in 63 local authorities in England in the past week, and Blackburn has become the new epicentre – but a ‘local lockdown’ has not been ordered yet. The town in Lancashire has seen infections rise by 64 per cent in just one week to 19 July, new data from Public Health England … Read more
NHS Test and Trace is still failing to track down up to half of Covid-19 patients’ contacts in areas most at risk of local lockdowns, it emerged last night. In Luton, which has the fifth highest infection rate in England, just 47 per cent of potentially-infected people were contacted by the system since its launch … Read more
Pubs, cafes and restaurants in England must offer separate non-smoking areas outdoors, the Government said last night. Smoking has been banned inside pubs and restaurants in England since 2007, but there are currently no controls on outside eating and drinking. With more non-smokers now sitting outside due to social distancing measures, ministers have faced demands to … Read more
Five new coronavirus hotspots have tonight been highlighted as part of new data from public health chiefs which reveals the areas most at risk of being plunged into local lockdown. Areas such as Pendle, in Lancashire, Herefordshire, and East Staffordshire have all seen spikes in the number of coronavirus cases in the last fortnight, Public … Read more
Thirty-four areas in England have seen coronavirus infection rates rise in the past week, fuelling concerns that more places could be hit with Leicester-style localised lockdowns. Redcar, a seaside town in North Yorkshire, and leafy Wokingham in Berkshire suffered the biggest week-on-week spikes in Covid-19 cases up to June 28, Public Health England (PHE) figures … Read more
Bradford, Barnsley and Rochdale are three of the areas of England most at risk of being hit by a ‘local lockdown’ like the one imposed in Leicester to control the coronavirus, according to official data. Statistics for the week ending June 21 — the most recently available — show those areas had the highest Covid-19 infection … Read more
As the government begins to relax its social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic, estate agents are now seeing a surge in interest for properties once more. The UK’s leading property resource Zoopla has now revealed the top five areas which have seen the biggest rise in demand for properties, with areas such as Accrington … Read more
England’s Covid-free zones: 12 local authority areas that are home to 2.4m people report ZERO infections in last week while London has just 94 cases In mid-April most of 12 areas had 50-100 cases a week, showing huge decrease Torbay has had no cases for 4 weeks and Rutland has had no cases for 2 … Read more