Soft Drinks Industry Levy news

Plans to shelve the UK's sugar tax (Soft Drinks Industry Levy) and other pieces of legislation designed to tackle the obesity epidemic have hit legal ... More

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has come into effect today (6 April), in a move which the government says will "benefit millions of children across ... More

A progress report on the government’s Sporting Future strategy has been overshadowed by the omission of more than £300m in cuts to a programme for ... More

ukactive and local councils want to see cash earmarked for boosting physical activity in schools protected after concerns were raised that money could be diverted ... More

Sugar tax funding distributed to schools will go towards facilities to support physical education and after-school sports clubs, according to the education secretary. Justine Greening ... More

The UK government has published draft legislation for its planned sugar tax on soft drinks, with revenue from the levy being used in programmes to ... More

Experts and campaign groups have poured scorn on the government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, describing it as a “missed opportunity”, “embarrassing” and “weak”. The government released ... More