Brexiteers urge Chancellor Sajid Javid to slash air passenger duty to give Brexit a flying start
TORY Brexiteers want the Chancellor to give Brexit a flying start by slashing air passenger duty.
They believe it would give a much-needed break to business chiefs travelling to drum up international trade.
New analysis shows that tax accounts for 40p in every pound spent by UK passengers on a one-way economy ticket.
But those visiting more important trade destinations often pay more, according to research by A Fair Tax on Flying.
A staggering 56 per cent of the cost of a ticket from London to New York is tax.
Fares to Toronto account for 42 per cent, Tel Aviv is 60 per cent and Dublin is 72 per cent.
Senior MPs are urging Sajid Javid to show the UK is open for business once we leave the EU by slashing duty in his first Budget this autumn.
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Tory Henry Smith, who chairs the all-party group of APD reform, said: “It is unacceptable that we are hitting UK passengers with such an exorbitant tax on trade, when we should be increasing support to British businesses looking to trade internationally.
“The Chancellor must take action and cut air passenger duty to give Britain a flying start to our post-Brexit future.
“It is fantastic that past supporters of the campaign are now in prominent positions in government. They now need to deliver on the pledges they have made.”
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