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Closed Online retail companies should pay an equivalent to UK high street rates.

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The High Street is suffering, losing thousands of jobs because online suppliers offer low paid jobs in distribution centres that pay minimal local business rates.

Many pay low corporation tax and again gain an unfair advantage over British and other tax paying businesses

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/02/amazon-halved-uk-corporation-tax-bill-to-45m-last-year

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45053528

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amazon-now-pay-even-less-13023482

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/998509/amazon-uk-tax-high-street-shops-business-tax-income-tax-taxation-system

https://www.ft.com/content/8fcf026e-38e0-11e8-8b98-2f31af407cc8

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