MPs reject challenge to 5% rate in Commons vote as financial secretary to the Treasury pledges to push issue in BrusselsBritain will lobby Brussels for an close to the 5% rate of VAT on tampons after a threatened rebellion in the House of Commons.
David Cameron saw off a revolt on Monday night over the so-called “tampon tax” by 305 to 287, after a Treasury minister promised to raise the issue of sanitary products being taxed as luxuries with the European commission.
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Source: theguardian.com