The Liberal Democrats accuse the government of potentially sacrificing support for disabled people to please tech giants like Elon Musk by considering dropping the digital services tax. Labour may seek a UK exemption from Donald Trump’s tariffs in exchange for altering the tax, which raises £800m annually. Lib Dem leader Ed Davey warns against appeasing bullies like Trump and Musk, advocating for increasing the tax to 6% to ensure social media giants pay their fair share.
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