Article from the Newcastle Journal:
"AIRPORT chiefs have welcomed news that the Government has commissioned research into varying air passenger duty on a regional basis. The news emerged during a meeting yesterday between bosses from Newcastle and Durham Tees Valley airports with Treasury minister Chloe Smith. It was arranged and attended by Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson and his Newcastle North colleague Catherine McKinnell.
The research, planned to be published this summer, will consider the potential impact of a regional Air Passenger Duty (APD) rate, as well as devolving the power to set the tax north of the border to the Scottish Government. The Journal’s A Tax Too Far campaign has highlighted fears about the impact that APD has on the region – with warnings it is acting as an economic brake on the region and that handing powers to Scotland would give it an unfair advantage."
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