Prime minister faces difficulties over proposal to ditch soft drinks industry levy amid growing backlash
Liz Truss has run into difficulties in her desire to scrap the sugar tax amid a growing backlash against the plan, which health experts have said is “dangerous” and “nonsensical”.
She is an ardent critic of state intervention to promote healthier lifestyles and has previously said that “taxes on treats hit those on the lowest incomes” and that the government should not tell people what to eat., the health secretary, aware of the challenges involved in ditching the levy, which won wide support among MPs.
“There are few policies that are good for business, good for health and good for government. The soft drinks industry levy is one of them,” said Katherine Jenner, the director of theThe £300m it generates has paid for breakfast programmes, sport and equipment to promote physical activity in schools, especially in poor areas. Jenner said: “Removing the levy would mean those on lower incomes would have to actually pay more to access programmes like this, in a cost of living crisis.
Satu Jackson, its chief executive, said obesity already cost the UK an estimated £58bn a year in NHS costs and lost productivity.
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