UKIP want tax free sanitary items

At the moment women's sanitary items are classed as a "non-essential luxury" and are taxed at 5% in the UK.

UKIP's head of policy Suzanne Evans says this is"outdated and outrageous".

"Under EU rules no item that has ever had VAT on can have it removed completely," she said.

UKIP's Suzanne Evans blames tampon tax on "bunch of faceless and mostly male EU Commissioners"

Back in 2000, the VAT on tampons and sanitary towels was dropped from 17.5% to 5% after a campaign by Labour MP Dawn Primarolo and earlier this year, a petition was set up calling for an end to the 5% tax.

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