Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was confronted by business leaders at a Business Connect event in London, who accused him of a spectacular own goal for introducing the much-hated levy.
In a letter to the Chancellor, scores of retail, hospitality and tourism bosses warn that removing the VAT refund for visitors has been an extraordinary own goal .
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It has emerged the seismic assessment that Hutt Hospital relied on for 10 years used a non-standard method that reduced the earthquake effects on a tower block since found to be quake-prone.