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Reform UK's APD Cut: A Brexit Win for Families?

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Reform UK proposes scrapping air passenger duty for family flights, aiming to ease holiday costs amid rising energy prices and government tax hikes. The plan, backed by Heathrow, targets a £142 million annual hit by cutting government waste, positioning it as a Brexit win and voter draw ahead of the election.

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Reform UK's APD Cut: A Brexit Win for Families?

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Reform UK's APD Cut: A Brexit Win for Families?. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On March 31st, Nigel Farage and Reform UK just dropped a plan to scrap air passenger duty on short-haul family flights, aiming to cut holiday costs. For British families this summer, they say it would save a typical family, 45 pounds on trips to Europe, or 48 pounds on UK flights, calling it a real Brexit win amid, rising fares. Tensions in the Middle East, with Iran closing the strait of Hormuz after U.S. and Israeli strikes, have halted oil shipments in spiked global energy, prices. Brings last Jeff Fuel from the region arrives in 48 hours, and shortages could hit airlines hard right before peak holiday season. Robert Generick, reforms economic sky who jumped from the Tories, slammed the labor government for hiking APD starting tomorrow, 15 pounds for. Europe economy, 8 pounds for UK. He says they're cut, targeted at adults buying tickets with kids under 18, with slash 23% off of family flight to Malaga.

Farage insists it's fair for everyone, from parents to grandparents on school trips, and they'd fund the 142 million pound annual, hit by slashing 40 billion in government waste-like benefits in foreign aid. Heathrowbacks it, saying high APD hurts UK competitiveness. As families crunch numbers for Missyorka or Tenerife getaways, this pitch highlights the squeeze between global chaos and homegrown taxes, reform betting. Big on relief to sway voters come election time.

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