"Tampon tax: government axes VAT on sanitary products
Key campaigner Laura Coryton accuses Tory politicians of trying to turn issue into ‘pro-Brexit thing’
The tampon tax has been abolished after the government honoured its March commitment to remove VAT on women’s sanitary products.
But the campaigner who played a pivotal role in the drive to axe the tax has accused the government of using the issue as a political football, after politicians said it had been scrapped thanks to Brexit. Existing EU law prevented member states from reducing VAT below 5%.
Laura Coryton, who started the Stop Taxing Periods campaign in May 2014 while a student at Goldsmiths, said the Brexit process had made it less likely that the tampon tax would be abolished throughout Europe."
Tampon tax: government axes VAT on sanitary products | Politics | The Guardian
Evil EUSSR is defeated!!!
Key campaigner Laura Coryton accuses Tory politicians of trying to turn issue into ‘pro-Brexit thing’
The tampon tax has been abolished after the government honoured its March commitment to remove VAT on women’s sanitary products.
But the campaigner who played a pivotal role in the drive to axe the tax has accused the government of using the issue as a political football, after politicians said it had been scrapped thanks to Brexit. Existing EU law prevented member states from reducing VAT below 5%.
Laura Coryton, who started the Stop Taxing Periods campaign in May 2014 while a student at Goldsmiths, said the Brexit process had made it less likely that the tampon tax would be abolished throughout Europe."
Tampon tax: government axes VAT on sanitary products | Politics | The Guardian
Evil EUSSR is defeated!!!
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