16/05/2016
A new Common Weal report has found that the economic case made by the Airport lobby for a 50% cut to Air Passenger Duty omits key facts, and in reality the tax cut could lead to a shrinking in both the Scottish economy and public finances.
‘APD Cut: A Flighty Economic Case’, published by the Common Weal think-tank and authored by Dr Craig Dalzell in response to the Scottish Government’s open consultation on its planned APD cut, can be accessed in full here.