Sugar tax extended to milkshakes to tackle obesity and save NHS cash

John Oxley: We got the sugar tax wrong. Let's admit it and work to get rid of it

Growing up, it was always a fun bit of historical trivia to learn of the absurd taxes levied in past times. Peter the Great and his beard tax, Britain’s own window tax, Nero and his charges on human urine – each mentioned in passing as a monument to the follies of the past. Each one is an indication of governors adopting strange methods to either extract revenue or control the population. Sadly, of course, these impulses remain present in our cu…

Reeves Set to Bring in Milkshake Tax Despite Failure of Sugar Tax and Pledge Not to Raise Taxes – The Daily Sceptic

Rachel Reeves is set to bring in a milkshake tax to cut obesity levels despite the failure of the 2018 sugar tax that has seen obesity levels accelerate rather than fall. What happened to no tax rises for working people? The post Reeves Set to Bring in Milkshake Tax Despite Failure of Sugar Tax and Pledge Not to Raise Taxes appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Sugar tax could be applied to milkshakes to tackle obesity

Milk and dairy substitute-based drinks have been exempt from the tax on fizzy drinks, but Britons are still eating and drinking double the amount of sugar they should be.

Overweight in society is a huge problem, the British Ministry of Finance believes. A sugar tax on soft drinks could therefore be extended to creamy alternatives.

Full list of drinks that could go up in price with expansion of sugar tax

Many popular drinks could be hit with the levy if the plans go ahead (Picture: Getty) The tax on sugary drinks could be about to get a lot broader, with milkshakes and coffees brought into line for the first time. Sugar content in soft drinks collapsed by 46% in the past five years as a result of the levy introduced by Chancellor George Osborne in 2016, according to the Food and Drink Federation. But in her autumn budget last year, Osborne’s suc…

Taxing milkshakes won't solve the obesity crisis

The government is planning to extend George Osborne’s sugar tax to milkshakes and other milk-based drinks.