Under the original policy, shoppers from overseas were eligible to claim VAT refunds unless they were EU residents. Post-Brexit, the government judged it would have to be expanded to EU visitors. But tax-free shopping was scrapped in 2020. A Treasury analysis in 2022 suggested that the policy...
So the UK had a record year in 2021 after covid and after Brexit when Boris was in charge? On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. Do you think this had anything to do with it? The UK outperformed all other...