Daily Round-Up: Treasury considering ramping up business rates

Treasury considering ramping business rates Firms are concerned that they could take another financial hit after reports that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering increasing business rates for the most valuable properties ahead of the autumn Budget.

Explosion rocks Beirut Rescue workers in Lebanon are searching for more than a hundred people who are missing following a huge explosion that has killed at least 100 and injured more than 4,000 people in the capital Beirut yesterday. Lebanon's President, Michel Aoun, said the explosion was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse.

Committee criticizes Government restrictions The spread of coronavirus in the UK could have been stemmed with quarantine restrictions on arrivals during the early stages of the pandemic, a group of MPs has said. The Home Affairs committee said ministers had underestimated the threat of importing the virus from Europe as opposed to Asia.

Norfolk and Suffolk coronavirus figures Over the past 24 hours, the number of coronavirus cases in Suffolk has risen by one to 2,694, whilst in Norfolk figure has risen by six to 2,913.

Nationally, the total number of cases stands at 306,293, with 670 cases in the last 24 hours, whilst the death total stands at 46,299, with 89 deaths in the last 24 hours.

In case you missed it A man has been working for the Town Council to set traps in Diss, capturing the pigeons, before transferring them into the care of London Wildlife Trust.