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Backlash against Truss’ plan to axe sugar tax

1 min read Diet and nutrition
​In September 2022 The Guardian received exclusive information that prime minister, Liz Truss, might be planning to abolish the anti-obesity legislation. But backlash from health experts is impeding any progress.

Whitehall sources told The Guardian there is a “a question mark” on how Liz might overcome a number of legal and parliamentary procedural obstacles preventing her from abandoning the soft drinks industry levy.

According to The Guardian "Officials have made Truss and Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary, aware of the challenges involved in ditching the levy." But whether they will continue to move ahead with the plan is unclear.

Within other government departments there seems to be discontent around the plan. The Guardian reports, “Senior officials in the government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), in effect the public health section of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), are appalled at the planned bonfire of restrictions.”

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