VAT should be cut on refurbished electricals, says Currys boss

Alex Baldock (left) with a technician at the Currys customer repair centre in Newark. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

The UK government should slash VAT on refurbished electrical products to keep gadgets out of landfill, according to the boss of Currys.

“It has already been charged once on these products,” said Alex Baldock, the head of the UK’s largest electrical goods retailer. “I would like to see a radical reduction or entire cut on these products.”