Labour chair Ellie Reeves says the Tories are doing nothing on the ground in Runcorn as Kemi Badenoch defends approach
This morning the Times has splashed on the news that ministers are planning to extend the suger tax. In their story, Max Kendix and Chris Smyth say:
Milkshakes and lattes are set to be hit by a sugar tax for the first time as Labour moves to extend the levy to hundreds more soft drinks including Pepsi and Ribena.
Pre-packaged milkshakes and coffees will be covered by the levy, ministers signalled on Monday, ending an exemption they described as an anomaly. The present laws have mainly affected fizzy drinks.
I wasn’t a fan of it when this law was brought in. It actually first came in under the Conservatives. I thought it was a bit too much nanny state.
But we have a sugar tax already. My worry is that the government doesn’t have any plans, didn’t have any strategy, and so they’re just looking for what else they can tax.
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