Labour’s Chris Bryant was quick to try to scotch Rishi Sunak’s claim that it was only thanks to Brexit that he was able to remove VAT on a number of home energy improvements, such as the installation of solar panels. Within a few minutes of Sunak making the claim, Bryant had tweeted:
‘Contrary to what Sunak said, there is already a VAT exemption on solar panels and heat pumps already happens in the EU, so this is not a benefit of Brexit.’
After we have left the EU, Brussels wants to copy our example
So who is right? Is it Brexit wot gave us our VAT-free solar panels or is it just another Brexit myth, to be dismissed like the £350 million a week claim on the side of the Vote Leave campaign bus?
The truth, interestingly, lies somewhere in between.
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