Truss plan to axe sugar tax runs into legal and parliamentary hitches

Prime minister faces difficulties over proposal to ditch soft drinks industry levy amid growing backlash Liz Truss has run into difficulties in her desire to scrap the sugar tax, amid a growing backlash against the plan, which health experts have branded "dangerous" and "nonsensical". Whitehall sources say there is "a question mark" over how the prime minister can overcome a number of legal and parliamentary procedural obstacles to abandoning the soft drinks industry levy.