Andy Burnham has echoed Angela Rayner’s calls for Reeves to reduce business rates for hospitality and create a new minister for nightlife. Speaking after the Red Queen at the Nighttime Economy Summit, Burnham blasted Reeves’ tax raids:
“I would argue for a VAT rate more consistent with what you find in Europe because of the social value that your businesses bring to places and towns that need that life injected into them. I personally would support permanently a lower business rates regime for hospitality businesses for exactly the same reason.”
Singing from the same hymn sheet. Reeves can’t catch a break these days…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”