UK prime minister Keir Starmer. Photo: PA
The UK is currently planning to keep its digital services tax, a person familiar with the matter said, after Canadian prime minister Mark Carney scrapped their own levy to restart trade talks with US president Donald Trump’s administration.
The US wanted Britain to drop the tax as part of trade talks between the two countries and prime minister Keir Starmer’s government had been considering making changes, but the prospect isn’t on the table and hasn’t been for some time, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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