A group of town halls have urged the government to tax major out-of-town supermarkets to help fund upgrades to local shopping areas.
Twenty councils want a so-called "Tesco tax" to raise up to £400 million a year.
An extra tax on big supermarkets would hit the poorest families hardest, the Government has said.
The Department for Communities and Local Government has rejected calls from 20 local authorities for a new levy on supermarkets to help revitalise local shopping areas.
"Imposing new, additional taxes on supermarkets will push up the price of food and the cost of living, hitting low-income families the hardest," a DCLG spokesman said.
He said there were "much better ways to support small shops".
Andre Luzganov, who shot dramatic video of the attack the weekend, told ITV News his family has left and will not be returning to Mariupol.
A call operator at NHS 111, which was designed to relieve pressure on emergency services, tells ITV News the system is struggling to cope.
Shell chief executive Ben Van Beurden says the full effect of oil price slump is yet to be felt. In the meantime tough decisions lie ahead.