Quiet change to duty-free ‘a catastrophe for West End’

Late on the afternoon of Sept 11, as Boris Johnson prepared his latest attack on the EU, the Treasury quietly snuck out an announcement on their website. With the Prime Minister preparing his response to a threat from Brussels to impose a food “blockade” in the Irish Sea, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, with very little fanfare, revealed a major shake-up of duty-free rules. Duty on cigarettes and alcohol, currently charged on passengers heading to the EU, would be abolished. The news go