Prime Minister ‘considering scrapping sugar tax on soft drink’s
Prime Minister Liz Truss is reportedly considering scrapping the sugar tax on soft drinks to help ease the cost-of-living crisis. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has reportedly asked health officials to review measures put into place to help control obesity in the UK ‘in the context of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis’. According […]
Wealthier households ‘set to receive twice as much cost-of-living support
Think tank the Resolution Foundation has suggested that wealthier households in the UK will receive twice as much cost-of-living support than poorer households. The Resolution Foundation highlighted that government plans to supply additional cost-of-living support to households by scrapping the planned rise in national insurance would only ‘skew support towards […]