Chancellor omitted to mention in budget his progress on deal with Brussels that would cancel VAT on sanitary productsGeorge Osborne hopes to reach an agreement with Brussels within days that would allow him to strike down VAT on womens sanitary products and head off a threatened Commons rebellion over the “tampon tax”.
Feminists and campaigners for Britain to leave the EU acquire banded together to back an amendment laid down by Paula Sherriff,the Labour MP for Dewsbury, aimed at allowing MPs to remove the 5% VAT levied on sanitary products – something EU rules forbid.
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Source: theguardian.com