Cutting air passenger duty 'wrong'
Daily Record|October 29, 2021
THE UK Chancellor made the "wrong choice" by announcing a cut in charges on domestic flights days before COP26 in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon has insisted.
Cutting air passenger duty 'wrong'

The Scottish First Minister hit out at Rishi Sunak after he revealed plans to reduce air passenger duty (APD) charges for travellers on flights within the UK.

The reduction was part of Sunak's latest Budget, with Sturgeon complaining that there was "much to be disappointed in" with the package of measures.

Green MSP Maggie Chapman raised her concerns with the First Minister about the cut in APD, saying this might "encourage climate-polluting, frequent flying within the UK".

Sturgeon told her the cut was not one the Scottish Government would have introduced.

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