Tax increases advised through Treasury officials can raise between 20 and 30 billion pounds more a year, The Telegraph and Sunday Times reported, and some of them can be announced in a Sunak fall budget report.
This comes at a time when the blocking restrictions for around one million people in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire are expected to ease.
But thousands of Brits have also been reported to police for breaking the 14-day quarantine rule.
Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps said 4,200 others had been referred to police after returning from various destinations abroad and without quarantine.
Switzerland, Jamaica and the Czech Republic have been added to the UK quarantine list.
Britons returning after Saturday morning will have to isolate themselves for 1 day.
The Eat Out to Help Out program is scheduled to end on Monday, August 31.
But some channels have chosen to continue to offer 50% on their own.
At the same time, on Thursday, August 27, 1,522 new instances and 12 deaths were recorded.
The toll is now 41,477.
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IRELAND CONFIRMS NEW COVID-19 CASES
Other new instances of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in Ireland, the National Public Health Emergency Team said.
No deaths were reported.
The total number of infections in the republic is 28,760 since the beginning of the epidemic.
This happens while Norfolk police were working to cause an unlicensed musical occasion throughout the night in a forest frequented by more than 500 people.
South Wales Police Chief Superintendent Simon Belcher said police were “reviewing all legislation” while dealing with massive crowds.
IN THE UK, THE DEATH RATE FOR CORONAVIRUS INCREASES BY ONE
The government said another 41,499 people had died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, an increase from the previous day.
Separate figures published through UK statistics agencies show that there are now 57,200 uk-registered deaths where Covid-19 was indexed on the death certificate.
The government also said that by 9 a.m. on Sunday, there were 1,715 laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus. A total of 334,467 cases were confirmed.
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UK CONFIRMS 1,715 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN 24 HOURS
Sunday’s figures saw an increase of 607 infections, with 1,108 cases reported a day earlier on Saturday.
TENNIS PLAYER WITHDRAWS U.S. OPEN AFTER POSITIVE TEST FOR COVID-19
An anonymous player, widely known as Frenchman Benoit Paire, got rid of the US Open after testing positive for coronavirus.
The player still has no symptoms and will now have to isolate himself for 10 days.
One USTA player said: “A player examined COVlD-19 at the US Open and was eliminated from the tournament. The player is asymptomatic.
“The USTA, with its medical advisors and the infectious disease specialist of the Mount Sinai Health System, has shown a positive result in the control of a player. In accordance with the needs of the New York State Department of Health and in accordance with CDC rules and aptitude for tournaments and protection protocols, the player has been be be required to isolate for at least 10 days.
Anger over the scene that appears in crowds in County Kerry Town
Concerns arose about violations of social estrangement after photographs of crowds of others gathered in a town of Co Kerry were posted.
Video footage posted on social media shows giant teams of other people dancing nearby that seem to be violating public fitness rules in Killarney.
There was widespread condemnation of the incident involving dozens of people in the city about an hour on Sunday morning.
The Irish Federation of Winemakers tweeted: “We all have to behave responsibly.
“Last night’s scenes in Killarney have disappointed everyone who follows the orders and the publicans who are desperately opening.
ALL PASSENGERS ABOARD THE TUI FLIGHT FROM ZANTE TO CARDIFF ORDERED TO SELF-ISOLATE
Public Health Wales said the cases came here from 3 other infectious parts aboard flight TUI 6215, which arrived in the Welsh capital on 25 August.
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CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SCOTLAND INCREASE BY 123 AS TESTS INCREASE
Positive cases of coronavirus in Scotland increased to 123, while the number of tests reached its highest number since the onset of the pandemic.
However, the 123 accumulated on Saturday is 0.7% of the total tested on Saturday, the same figure as on Friday.
The rise is the highest in more than a week, when the same number was recorded on August 22.
A further three people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,550, NHS England said on Sunday.
Patients were between 51 and years old and all had a known underlying condition.
The dates of death all August 26 or later.
Three other deaths were reported with a positive Covid-19 test.
PHILIPPINES: 4284 NEW COVID INFECTIONS AND 102 DEATHS
The Philippines showed 4284 coronavirus infections on Sunday and 102 more deaths.
The death toll in the country is now 3520.
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AUSTRALIA: VICTORIA SEES NEW CASES OF VIRUS IN TRIPLE DIGITS
Australia’s most populous state of the time, Victoria, reported 114 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday, a day after falling to 94, placing them under 3 digits for the first time in nearly two months.
No new coronavirus deaths have been reported in Scotland in the last 24 hours, the Scottish Government has announced.
A total of 2,494 patients have died in Scotland after testing positive for coronavirus.
Statistics published in the Scottish government show that another 20,318 people tested positive for the virus, compared to 123 compared to 20,195 the previous day.
The number of new instances is 0.7% of those tested, the same as the previous day.
Six of the new ones are in the Grampian Health Board area, 39 in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, 26 in Lanarkshire and seven in Tayside.
There are another 255 people in the hospital with a Covid-19 shown or suspected, a minimum of 3 in 24 hours.
Of those patients, they were in resuscitation, the same number as the previous day.
HUNDREDS MEET DESPITE NEW RULES ON ILLEGAL CRIMES
Hundreds of people have gathered at music events on the bank holiday weekend despite new rules saying organisers of illegal raves will be hit with £10,000 fines.
Police were looking to finish an unlicensed music event at Thetford Forest on Sunday, saying more than 500 people attended the event overnight.
Norfolk Police described it as “extremely disappointing” that such gatherings were taking place amid the pandemic and said they would have to deploy extra resources to close the event down.
Police were also at the scene of a “large gathering of people for a rave in the Banwen area” of Neath Port Talbot in Wales on Sunday.
South Wales police said: ”We are running with the organizers and participants to remind them of their obligations under the existing coronavirus law and the primary purpose of all assuming non-public duties following Welsh government regulations for the protection of Wales’.
‘MILLION MILLION PEOPLE’S MARCH’ TAKES PLACE IN NOTTING HILL, LONDON
Demonstrations against racism are taking place in central London this afternoon.
Protesters walk along Notting Hill Carnival Road, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Organizers say the “Million People Walk” will distance itself socially from the pandemic.
UNITED SHOULD NOT OPEN NEXT MONTH, SAYS UNION
British universities are abandoning plans to reopen next month to prevent moving academics from feeding the country’s coronavirus pandemic, said a union, which called for the courses to be taught online.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has been criticized for its resolve to restart education, that is, after a dispute over the effects of student exams and a failed attempt to bring all academics to their study rooms by this year.
A MORE INFECTIOUS ‘COVIDE’ STRAIN IS FOUND
In Indonesia, a more infectious mutation of the new coronavirus was discovered, the Eijkman Institute of Molecular Biology, founded in Jakarta, said today.
Indonesia reported 2,858 new infections today, data by the health ministry showed, below the previous day’s record 3,308 but above the past month’s daily average.
WORK TOWARDS THE HOME OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SCARS’
And Jeannette Jackson, director of the Manchester Stress Institute,” the Manchester Stress Institute told The Sun on Sunday: “Working from home can lead to permanent misery.
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THE MINISTER OF THE TREASURY REFUSES TO BE DRAWN FROM THE REPORTS OF 20 billion
The front treasury secretary has refused to rely on reports that the government will raise taxes by 20 billion pounds in the fall to deal with the charge of the coronavirus crisis.
Stephen Barclay insisted that these problems were a matter of budget.
The Treasury is expanding corporate and capital gains taxes and cutting pension tax exemptions, among a variety of other income-boosting measures, according to newspapers.
Barclay told Times Radio: “Treasury ministers interfere with what it will do or make a budget.
“And especially in the fiscal measures before that, it’s for the Chancellor, the budget.
“The key goal within the Treasury is to grow.
“Then there is a balance between the other 3 movements of debt, spending, expenses and similar taxes.
“And what then is your compensation between your spending measures and your tax measures?
“The genuine purpose is Covid’s economic scars.”
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