Robert Paston

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388 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 10 Jun

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The Rest Is Money · 286. Dan Neidle: Pubs don’t deserve a VAT cut · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

Because it is the case.

I mean, I have actually sort of double-checked that this is the case.

The indirect cost of VAT in this country is, in some cases, double VAT.

the equivalent tax on other European countries and indeed in America.

You take the view that that doesn't matter.

And just to be clear, if we had the broadest base...

So we would include food we buy in shops, for example.

We might include children's clothes.

We might include actual books, as it were.

That, you think, would lead to a much more competitive economy.

sort of industries all round?

I think you also believe in something that's going to upset people in food trucks who actually, some of them may not cross the VAT threshold.

threshold, you think the VAT threshold should be reduced very significantly as well, don't you?

So that more businesses pay VAT.

So while we're on hospitality, one of the things that is very striking is

Everybody, every politician loves pubs, right?

For whatever reason, pretty much every politician I've ever come across thinks if you help pubs, that's a vote winner.

I've never actually seen empirical evidence for this, but it's definitely something they all passionately believe.

And unsurprisingly, therefore, Andy Burnham wandering around Makerfield where he wants to be

The next MP and where he's campaigning to be prime minister of the UK.

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