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All tampons and sanitary pads should be free to all British citizens.

Submitted on Thursday 14th July 2016

Rejected on Friday 22nd July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

All tampons and sanitary pads should be free to all British citizens.

Petition Details

Women spend £18,000 on having periods in their lifetime.

. Pads/tampons/panty-liners/menstrual cups - £13
· New underwear (due to spillages) -£8
· Pain relief - £4.50

MAKE ALL TAMPONS AND SANITARY PADS FREE as they are not a 'luxury'!

#FreeTamponsAndSanitaryPads

Additional Information

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tampon-tax-david-cameron-announces-end-to-vat-on-sanitary-products-in-house-of-commons-a6944371.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/03/women-spend-thousands-on-periods-tampon-tax_n_8082526.html

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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/124821

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