UK coronavirus live: No 10 fails to apologise for Boris Johnson's care home remarks; death toll rises by 155
by Andrew Sparrow (now) and Amelia Hill (earlier) from on (#55EVW)
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Mel Stride, the Conservative chair of the Commons Treasury committee, has urged the government to abandon plans to treat coronavirus tests as a taxable benefit in kind. In a statement he said:
Many employees, especially healthcare and hospitality workers, are required to undergo regular coronavirus testing. This new guidance is unclear and will worry a large number of workers.
If these tests are to be treated as a taxable benefit in kind, the tax bill for workers could soon mount up.
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