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Call for windfall tax on PPE firms to fund £500 bonus for frontline staff
Exclusive: thinktank proposes levy on ‘pandemic profiteers’ to cover payment for workers facing burnout
Businesses that made fortunes selling PPE during the Covid-19 crisis should be taxed to fund a £500 bonus for frontline workers who are facing burnout, a thinktank has said.
“Pandemic profiteers”, including the online retailer Amazon, which saw sales soar in lockdown, should pay a 0.5% sales levy, according to the RSA, which is warning that 49% of frontline staff think they will soon burn out, including 63% of NHS staff.
Read the original article at The Guardian