UK government unlikely to support climate levy on airline tickets, says minister

Andrew Mitchell, the international development minister, said it was his personal view that the UK government would not support the tax. Photograph: Rafiq Maqbool/AP

The UK’s international development minister, Andrew Mitchell, has played down the prospects of imposing a levy on frequent flyers to help fund the rescue and rehabilitation of poor countries stricken by climate disaster.

A small charge on airline tickets is one of several ideas floated by developing countries to provide cash for the loss and damage fund.