Hull North MP launches caravan tax petition
A petition has been launched in Hull in opposition to government plans to introduce 20% VAT on the sale of static caravans.
Hull North labour MP, Diana Johnson, has begun a cross-party petition and has also said that the tax would be “unfair and destructive”.
The National Caravan Council (NCC) has already said it could cost jobs in East Yorkshire’s caravan manufacturing industry.
The government has said that the change was about fairness, however, the NCC has warned that the tax could mean that “in the first year, more than 1,000 jobs could be lost in manufacturing, plus a similar number from suppliers to the industry”.
Touring and mobile caravans currently already carry VAT and the government has said that putting tax on static caravans was about changing a loophole in the law.
Launching the petition in Hull’s Queen Victoria Square, Ms Johnson, said: “This Commons’ petition against the caravan tax is part of our cross-party campaign, using every means at our disposal, to persuade ministers to withdraw this unfair and destructive tax.
“We’re asking Hull people to get behind caravan workers and their fight for local jobs.”
Ms Johnson was joined at the launch by Lord Prescott and fellow Labour MP, Alan Johnson, who represents Hull West and Hessle.
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