Scotland drops aviation tax cut plans after declaring climate emergency

Cutting passenger duty incompatible with new pledge to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2045

The Scottish government has dropped controversial plans to cut its taxes on aviation after Nicola Sturgeon declared last week the world faces a climate emergency.

Roseanna Cunningham, the Scottish environment secretary, said cutting air passenger duty would be incompatible with its new pledge to cut Scotland's carbon emissions to net zero by 2045.