Pubs and restaurants in ‘Red Wall’ areas will be hit disproportionately hard by a hospitality VAT hike, Greater Manchester’s night time economy adviser has warned.
Sacha Lord said increasing the tax to 20 per cent next year will ‘kill our industry’, with working class northern areas set to bear the brunt.
Hospitality makes up one in 12 businesses in the Red Wall seats won by the Tories in 2019 in traditional Labour heartlands including parts of the north, according to figures from an Axe The Red Wall Tax campaign launched by Mr Lord today.
With a higher proportion than the national average of one in 30, more businesses and jobs in those areas are placed in peril by the tax hike, the campaign claims.
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