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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 22 Oct 2026

Save high street by taxing online sales at higher rate, Burnham urged

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Exclusive: British Chambers of Commerce president tells PM to ‘level the playing field’ for struggling high streets• How Middleton’s revival could be grist to the mill for Britain’s struggling townsAndy Burnham has been urged by one of his most senior former advisers to tax internet sales at a higher rate than those in physical shops to help “level the playing field” for struggling high streets.A…

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