Alliance of feminists and pro-Brexit MPs back Labour’s Paula Sherriff in attempting to amend George Osborne’s finance billGeorge Osborne is facing a potential rebellion over the “tampon tax next week,from an alliance of feminists and campaigners for Britain to leave the European Union.
Labour backbencher Paula Sherriff, who has waged a campaign against the 5% VAT charged on sanitary products, and has laid an amendment to the budget resolution enacting the chancellor’s tax plans. whether implemented,it would allow MPs to strike down the tampon tax when the finance bill is debated later this month.
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Source: theguardian.com