Pressure has been piled on the Chancellor ahead of his Autumn Statement by Britain's luxury goods industry, which called for the return of a tax-free shopping scheme as London retailers warned tourists are heading to rival European cities for shopping sprees.
In a letter to Jeremy Hunt seen by the Evening Standard, trade body Walpole's chief executive Helen Brocklebank said: "The loss of the previous scheme has been a hammer blow to some of our country’s best known and most loved brands."
