Mar 18, 2016 07:17 PM
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How tampons were hijacked by right-wing British politicians
http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/tampon-tax-brexit/
EXCERPT: In the debate over whether the UK should exit or remain in the European Union, the "tampon tax" has become an unlikely pawn in Eurosceptics' political agenda. The VAT (value-added tax) rate the UK charges on sanitary items is the lowest allowed under EU law, but the government has been prevented from going any lower by European rules. This week, Eurosceptic Conservative backbenchers threatened to join forces with Labour to humiliate the government by calling for a zero-VAT rate for sanitary products, which currently have 5% VAT levied on them....
Tory backbenchers are threatening to rebel over £4.4bn disability benefit cuts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pol...39306.html
EXCERPT: The Government is preparing for a major U-turn over £4.4bn cuts to disability benefits, as Conservative backbenchers threatened to rebel against plans that would leave nearly 400,000 disabled people thousands of pounds worse off. While Downing Street insisted that ministers remained “committed” to the reforms, which will cut support for people deemed to require aids and equipment to help them get dressed or go to the toilet, Treasury sources said it was likely the Government would go into “complete reverse”....
Sugar tax - will it unintentionally penalise diabetics?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35831139#sa-ns_mchannel
EXCERPT: Parents of teenagers with type 1 diabetes say George Osborne's plan to raise the cost of sugary drinks will have an unintentional impact on their families....
http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/tampon-tax-brexit/
EXCERPT: In the debate over whether the UK should exit or remain in the European Union, the "tampon tax" has become an unlikely pawn in Eurosceptics' political agenda. The VAT (value-added tax) rate the UK charges on sanitary items is the lowest allowed under EU law, but the government has been prevented from going any lower by European rules. This week, Eurosceptic Conservative backbenchers threatened to join forces with Labour to humiliate the government by calling for a zero-VAT rate for sanitary products, which currently have 5% VAT levied on them....
Tory backbenchers are threatening to rebel over £4.4bn disability benefit cuts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pol...39306.html
EXCERPT: The Government is preparing for a major U-turn over £4.4bn cuts to disability benefits, as Conservative backbenchers threatened to rebel against plans that would leave nearly 400,000 disabled people thousands of pounds worse off. While Downing Street insisted that ministers remained “committed” to the reforms, which will cut support for people deemed to require aids and equipment to help them get dressed or go to the toilet, Treasury sources said it was likely the Government would go into “complete reverse”....
Sugar tax - will it unintentionally penalise diabetics?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35831139#sa-ns_mchannel
EXCERPT: Parents of teenagers with type 1 diabetes say George Osborne's plan to raise the cost of sugary drinks will have an unintentional impact on their families....