Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches
by Denis Campbell Health policy editor from on (#63SSC)
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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