Councils express concern how UK Sugar Tax of £1.2 billion is being spent

Local Government Association
  -  
Friday, August 12, 2022
The soft drinks industry levy, designed to reduce consumption of sugary drinks, has raised around £1.2 billion since its introduction. However, it is no longer ringfenced to be spent on efforts to tackle obesity and physical inactivity despite a commitment from the Government to use the levy to fund “programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets.” A recent study suggests that only 45 per cent of primary school aged children have one hour a day worth of physical activity, with data collected by councils also revealing rates of childhood obesity are still above their pre pandemic levels.
Click here to connect to the source of this storyClick here for more News and Views

As I browse the web researching various topics concerning the EU and UK sugar markets, I've been bookmarking interesting weblinks. Some of these are news clippings, some are links to official documents, and some are interesting data sources.

It's really easy (and anonymous) to subscrible to this EU and UK News & Views feed with RSS. Add this address to your favourite RSS reader:
https://www.julianprice.com/news-clippings/rss.xml