Petition updateStop taxing periods. Period. #EndTamponTaxSUCCESS: Treasury finally vows to end sanitary tax once and for all #EndTamponTax
Laura CorytonOxford, ENG, United Kingdom
Oct 27, 2015
Hello all 253,278 of you!!!! Yesterday's results to MP Paula Sherriff's proposed amendment that would have forced Osborne into axing sanitary tax were bitter sweet. Although the amendment narrowly failed to make it through the Commons, loosing out by just 18 votes, the Treasury nonetheless accepted responsibility to deal with this tax. Here is a link to the named and shamed MPs who voted against the axe of sanitary tax: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tampon-tax-full-list-mps-who-voted-against-cutting-vat-womens-sanitary-products-1525886. If your local MP isn't on this list then please thank them!!! If they are, let them know just how disappointed you are! In response to all of you, plus the potential rebellion from their own party members over the issue, the Treasury have proposed a compromise. They have vowed to end sanitary tax by negotiating with the EU. This is the first time a Tory majority has ever pledge to deal with sanitary tax and, thanks to you, this is our biggest breakthrough yet!! Despite the day's success, our campaign is far from over. We need to keep up the pressure until the change has been made and sanitary tax is a mistake of the past. EU, we're coming for you. Period. Laura #EndTamponTax
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