Submitted on Friday 12th July 2019
Rejected on Monday 29th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reduce tax on healthy food & drinks so it is affordable to live healthy.
The UK Government has introduced sugar tax which does not really address the issue. NHS overstretched & overworked.
Most health issues can be avoided by eating healthy, however it's too expensive for the working class and the poor to buy healthy food.
Fast food such as burger meals are always cheaper than healthy food. This is why people tend to not eat healthy as they cannot afford such a lifestyle. By reducing tax you are giving back to the people, an option to improve health.
If the UK government cut tax on healthy food, more people will buy it and live healthy and in the coming generations there could be less load on the NHS by healthy living. Conditions such as diabetes and heart attacks could be reduced by lifestyle changes.
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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.
Most foods are not currently subject to VAT. The majority of foods that are subject to taxation are confectionery and similar products. You can find out more here.
www.gov.uk/guidance/food-products-and-vat-notice-70114
There are already petitions that call for a tax increase for fatty foods or 'junk' foods, which would have the same effect as your petition calls for:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258617
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243963
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