September 21st - Out go the green taxes on travel, though did they ever exist?
Simon Calder goes through Rishi Sunak's bonfire of green policies. But can you have a bonfire of things that don't exist?
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
Rishi Sunak told the public on Wednesday. “The proposal to create new taxes to discourage flying – I’ve scrapped that.” I was unaware of any government proposal to create new aviation taxes. But just in case anyone was in doubt about the government’s attitude to aviation: deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden has used the RAF Airbus A330 to fly to New York JFK. At a time when many other commercial flights were available. It takes me back to Liz Truss, when foreign secretary, taking a private plane to Australia rather than slumming it on Qantas.
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