After a six month delay. Good afternoon. The chancellor, rishi sunak, has announced what he called a historic agreement to reform the global tax system. The agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. The base rate of at least 15% is seen as a starting point but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. The plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, including apple and microsoft, from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. The uk chancellor, rishi sunak, said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. Many of the tech giants have welcomed the agreement. The former deputy prime minister and now facebook s vice president of global affairs, nick clegg, said the social media giant had called for reform of global tax rules and wanted the process to succeed, even if it meant the company paid more tax. Our business correspondent katy
explores the six buildings shortlisted for the 2021 riba stirling prize and reveals which was crowned the winner at an awards ceremony hosted in coventry cathedral back in october. there is a phrase that has become rather familiar or so over last year or so build back better. it is a idea that says if you re going to build something to fix today s problems, be really careful that you are not going to create tomorrow s disasters, and that is why we have come to this place a british mosque in cambridge one of six buildings nominated for this year s stirling prize. this is a little moment to sit back and admire beauty, a chance to look round the six nominated buildings for this year s riba stirling prize. at the end, we ll find out who has won the prize for britain s best new building. but this is about more than just beauty it is about solutions to problems, such as how can we continue to build without destroying the environment? how can we future proof construction? an
beds are to be deployed. around eight million lateral flow covid test kits will be sent to pharmacies before new year s eve. there are still shortages of the rapid tests and pcr slots in many parts of the uk. new rules for home and motor insurance come into effect in january that could save customers more than £4 billion in the coming decade. now on bbc news, david sillito explores the six buildings shortlisted for the 2021 riba stirling prize, and reveals which was crowned the winner at an awards ceremony hosted in coventry cathedral back in october. there s a phrase that has become rather familiar over the last year or so build back better. it is an idea that says, if you re going to build something to fix today s problems, be really careful you are not going to create tomorrow s disaster, and that is why we have come to this place, a british mosque in cambridge, one of six buildings nominated for this year s stirling prize. this is a little moment to sit back and admire
now on bbc news, david sillito explores the six buildings shortlisted for the 2021 riba stirling prize, and reveals which was crowned the winner at an awards ceremony hosted in coventry cathedral back in october. there is a phrase that has become rather familiar over the last year or so: build back better. it is an idea that says, if you are going to build something, if you have got to solve today s problems, be really careful that you re not going to be creating tomorrow s disasters. and that is why we have come to this place a british mosque in cambridge, one of six buildings nominated for this year s stirling prize. this is a little moment to sit back and admire beauty. a chance to look around the six nominated buildings for this year s stirling prize at the end, we will find out who has won the prize for britain s best new building. but this is about more than just a beauty. it is about solutions to problems such as, how do we continue to build without destroying th