Article 63SSC Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches

Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches

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Denis Campbell Health policy editor
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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".

Whitehall sources say there is a question mark" over how the prime minister can overcome a number of legal and parliamentary procedural obstacles to abandoning the soft drinks industry levy.

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