Economy: Impact of UK Withdrawal from EU

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Photo of David Morris David Morris Conservative, Morecambe and Lunesdale

May I thank the Chancellor for awarding Morecambe £50 million for the Eden project? It will transform my whole community. My question is about VAT tapering. When I was David Cameron’s small business tsar—a very long time ago—I came up with a formula for VAT tapering. Would my right hon. Friend like to meet me to talk about that further?

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