VAT pool defence is demoralising

London’s St Bride’s is fundraising for restoration, but will the VAT changes hit it?

The extraordinary reliance on swimming pools to imply gross abuse by the wealthy in the discussion about removing the VAT zero-rating on listed buildings (Debate April 27) is derisory, like the branding of major philanthropists as tax avoiders.

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