Britain was due to introduce a new packaging tax to tackle plastic waste. But the levy was deferred. Why? Because big food brands successfully lobbied Tory government, saving themselves £1.7billion New on Democracy for Sale - and also today's Observer democracyforsale.substack.com/p/british-fo...

British food firms successfully lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax

Exclusive: New scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaints

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And of course now Labour are in power, they are now going to introduce that exact, same Tax? (except of course they're not, its being watered down!). And there's barely even a mention of that in the article written for this liberal rag!