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UK hospitality firms urge Burnham to cut VAT to 10%

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More than 800 UK hotels, pubs and restaurants, including celebrity chefs, have signed an open letter urging Prime Minister Andy Burnham to honour his pledge to cut hospitality VAT from 20% to 10%. The campaign, organised under the banner “VAT’s The Problem”, landed on the same day Burnham welcomed business leaders to Downing Street as part of events framing his government as a “partner for growth”. Signatories are demanding a concrete plan for the reduced rate, warning that without it “closures will only continue to accelerate, jobs will continue to be lost and opportunities for young people reduced”.

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Outlets: 10. Countries: 2. Facts in the shared core: 3.

Publication timeline

  1. · City AM (outlet profile)

    Burnham told to deliver 10 per cent hospitality VAT after backing tax cut. More than 800 hospitality businesses have called on Andy Burnham to make good on his support for lower VAT, piling pressure on the prime ministe…

  2. · The Independent (outlet profile)

    Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT. The VAT’s The Problem campaign has called for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.

  3. · Evening Standard (outlet profile)

    Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT. The VAT’s The Problem campaign has called for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%.

  4. · Belfast Telegraph (outlet profile)

    Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

  5. · Daily Mail (outlet profile)

    Hundreds of Britain's top pubs, hotels and restaurants call for Andy Burnham to cut hospitality VAT in move that could save thousands of jobs. The campaign comes as Mr Burnham prepares to welcome business leaders to Dow…

  6. · GB News (outlet profile)

    Andy Burnham implored to cut tax as businesses 'closing their doors every single week'. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is under pressure from more than 800 hospitality businesses to follow through on his promise in impleme…

  7. · The Mirror (outlet profile)

    Celebrity chefs Tom Kerridge and Heston Blumenthal join VAT plea to government. Open letter to Andy Burnham warns if VAT for hospitality isn't cut "closures will only continue to accelerate, jobs will continue to b…

  8. · Telegraf (outlet profile)

    "Najveći porez u privredi svaki dan zatvara 3 objekta": Ugostitelji pozivaju premijera Britanije da održi reč. Britanski ugostiteljski sektor, koji se bori za opstanak, pozvao je premijera Velike Britanije Endija Barnam…

  9. · Tanjug (outlet profile)

    Britanski ugostitelji zatražili od Bernama da smanji PDV za ugostitelje na 10 odsto

  10. · Politika (outlet profile)

    Стотине британских пабова и ресторана траже нижи ПДВ. Угоститељи су упутили писмени апел

  11. · Telegraf (outlet profile)

    Britanski ugostitelji zatražili od Bernama da smanji PDV za ugostitelje na 10 odsto. Stotine hotela, pabova i restorana u Velikoj Britaniji pozivalo je danas premijera te zemlje Endija Bernama da ispuni obećanje i da sm…

Factual core

  • The VAT’s The Problem campaign called for hospitality VAT to be reduced from 20% to 10%
  • Hundreds of hospitality businesses called on Andy Burnham to lower VAT
  • Celebrity chefs Tom Kerridge and Heston Blumenthal joined a VAT reduction plea to the UK government.

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