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On Monday, Burberry chairman Gerry Murphy rebuked UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, saying his decision to eliminate tax-free shopping for tourists, made in 2020 when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, had made Britain the “least attractive shopping destination in Europe.”
Tax-free shopping schemes are sometimes seen as a handout to retailers, making them an easy target for cash-strapped governments like the UK, but such programmes have…
