Coronavirus rule changes: have people stopped listening to the government? & why does Amazon pay so little tax?

<p>After the Evening Standard revealed the government's bringing in restrictions<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-police-crackdown-social-distancing-coronavirus-a4543546.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> to limit social gatherings to six</a>, it's now reported <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/10pm-curfew-introduced-britain-belgium-a4543271.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pubs may have a 10pm curfew</a>. Meanwhile, the foreign travel quarantine rules, which vary across the United Kingdom, are still confusing passengers and putting people off holidays. Our associate editor Julian Glover <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/evening-standard-comment-we-need-urgent-clarity-on-covid-rules-amazon-must-pay-tax-getting-into-club-a4543596.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">says the situation has got too complicated for everyone</a>, including ministers, and it's time for a reset... but he wonders if there's anyone in the cabinet who can do it?&nbsp;</p><br><p>Also, last year Amazon’s revenues in the UK went up from £10.9bn&nbsp;to £13.7bn.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's tax bill on all those billions is £293m&nbsp;pounds. MPs like Labour’s Margaret Hodge say that’s unacceptable. Evening Standard business journalist&nbsp;Mark Shapland explains how the company's accounts actually work, and why Amazon's founder&nbsp;Jeff Bezos, who is worth around £150bn himself,<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/business/amazon-paid-tax-uk-last-year-a4543216.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> is getting little sympathy.&nbsp;</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>