Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan told BBC Newsnight VAT should be slashed to 10% to ease mounting pressure on the hospitality industry.

It’s mid-spring on Stoney Lake and at Carveth’s Marina in Lakefield, Ont., shrink-wrapped boats line the shore, waiting to launch. Workers clamber over damaged docks with drills and hammers in hand as ...