Campaigners urge ministers to introduce vouchers for reusable nappies

Nappy Alliance says scheme would encourage people to switch away from polluting single-use nappies

Campaigners have called for a national voucher scheme to encourage parents to embrace reusable nappies after Downing Street denied reports of a new tax on disposable ones.

The government insisted there were no plans for a tax on single-use nappies despite suggestions they were the next item on a ministerial hitlist" after last week's crackdown on single-use plastic plates and cutlery in England.