England’s Chancellor (finance minister) Jeremy Hunt is considering raising air passenger duty on business travel as a potential revenue-raising measure as the Westminster government struggles to address a widening deficit.
Currently, air passenger duty on business class travel is charged at varying rates based on flight distance, with small increases already due to come in on April 1.
Hunt is also considering other options such as scrapping the non-domiciled tax status and extending a windfall tax on oil and gas company profits.
The potential rise in air passenger duty is part of a plan to help pay for personal tax cuts.
