Finally, tampon tax is being scrapped in the UK

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This is a huge victory for period poverty campaigners

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, is expected to make a formal statement about the decision in next week's Budget, that the 5% surcharge to women's sanitary products will no longer apply when the UK's transition period for leaving the EU ends in December.

 

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