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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Aine Fox

Bold proposal to fund community upgrades with so-called Amazon tax

Communities could be regenerated through a tax on wealthy firms such as Amazon in an effort to sow cohesion, a new report has suggested a year on from the summer riots.

Disorder broke out after the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29 last year and quickly spread through parts of England and Northern Ireland.

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