UK government to reject taxes on sugar

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Saturday, June 11, 2022

According to leaked reports from the national food strategy covered by the Guardian newspaper among other national titles, the Prime Minister has knocked-back wide-ranging calls for introducing tougher measures on industry. The PM reportedly claimed that he ‘did not want to see hard working families impacted’ by delivering such a move – which came despite pledging to take action on the issue amid the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, as NHS figures reveal that 63% of adults in England are obese, and a third of children leave primary school overweight.

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