Ivor Crowther (left), head of Heritage Lottery Fund NE, with museum director Richard Evans


Work begins on £18m Beamish project


Building work has started on the £18 million expansion of Beamish, The Living Museum of the North – the biggest project in its 47-year history. Called Remaking Beamish,


the project will see the addition of more than 30 exhibits, including a 1950s Town, Farm


and a Georgian coaching inn, where visitors can stay overnight. The project has been awarded £10.9 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund and an extra 100,000 tourists are expected to


be attracted to the region. beamish.org.uk


APD campaigners lobby MPs in Westminster Campaign spokesman Dale


Campaigners calling for an urgent cut in Air Passenger Duty have lobbied MPs directly in Westminster. More than 30 parliamentarians


attended the A Fair Tax on Flying campaign event held in the House of Commons.


Leading members of the campaign argued that the UK’s high level of APD was a ‘tax on trade’ and called on MPs to urge the chancellor to cut it by at least 50% in his autumn budget. There was strong support from


MPs from all the major parties and from every nation and region of the UK. The centrepiece of last month’s


event was a large model aircraft with ‘A Fair Tax on Flying’ branding, which MPs were encouraged to sign as a symbol of their support. Several MPs wrote to the chancellor on behalf of the campaign and agreed to be listed on the afairtaxonflying website.


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Keller, chairman of Bar UK, said: “This was a very significant level of political engagement and an important part of our overall campaign strategy. “We were able to put across to


many influential MPs our message that APD should be seen for what it is – a ‘tax on trade’. “We emphasised that the tax


is wholly incompatible with the government’s vision for a Brexit- ready, global and outward-facing Britain, and it needs to be seen ‘in the round’ on its impact on the wider economy and not just as a revenue raiser for HM Treasury. “Aviation plays a unique role in connecting Britain to global markets and we should all worry that the combination of the highest air passenger tax in the EU and uncertainty is negatively impacting the plans of airlines to develop new routes and grow


existing markets from the UK.” afairtaxonflying.org


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