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Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt were last night facing a growing backbench rebellion over the scrapping of VAT-free shopping for foreign tourists amid fears the UK is losing out to European rivals.
Sir Iain Duncan Smith became the latest heavyweight to call for the Government to reinstate the policy. The former Conservative leader said: ‘What we get for what we give will be far greater and it would help the economy.’
And Tory MP Julian Knight warned Paris had ‘stolen a march’ on London, with a drop-off in high-spending tourists wreaking havoc on restaurants, bars, theatres and hotels.
VAT-free shopping allows tourists to claim back 20 per cent on purchases. It was axed by then-chancellor Mr Sunak when the UK left the EU. Kwasi Kwarteng tried to reintroduce it, but new
