Campaigners demand tax on celebrity books is scrapped

A TAX on reading celebrity books  must be scrapped by Sajid Javid in his first Budget, campaigners say.

Millions of e-books and audiobooks including Elton John’s autobiography and David Walliams’ stories  are slapped with an “illogical”  twenty per cent VAT  charge.

The Chancellor is being urged to “axe the tax” and save hard-up Brits cash when purchasing a new read – just like zero-rated print books.