Badenoch pledges to bring back tax-free shopping for tourists

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to reverse the abolition of the VAT refund scheme brought in under the previous Tory government (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to bring back tax-free shopping for tourists by reversing a post-Brexit rule change.

The decision to scrap the VAT refund scheme for international visitors in 2021 left the UK “less competitive” than many other European destinations as the country left the EU, the Tories said.