Newcastle Airport future under threat if Scottish taxes are slashed, transport minister admits (From The Northern Echo)
Some Labour MPs, led by Sedgefield’s Phil Wilson, have called for regional variations in APD rates in England, to protect the North-East if the SNP presses ahead with its cuts.
But, speaking to the committee, Mr Goodwill, the Scarborough and Whitby MP, said: “We don’t have a regional federal structure, we don’t have tax-raising powers for the North-East. So there’s not something that would allow the North-East to reciprocate in terms of cutting their taxes.”