the speeds they are marketing delicious, they don t make us feel as quickly, we eat more, they invest more, we eat more, they invest more. there have been 14 previous obesity plans in this country and almost all of them have been voluntary measures. you re not going to break thisjunk food cycle, this interaction between our appetite and the commercial incentive of companies, unless you tackle it directly, and that is what we are recommending with the sugar and salt reformulation tax. it s not a tax increase price, it s to make the companies to formulate, as they did with the sugary drinks tax, they take the bad stuff out and make the worst food better. ben thompson is at a farm in leeds this morning, getting reaction to the report. good morning to you from leeds. we have come down to the farm to get a sense of what that report could mean for the farming industry but also for the wider food industry because there are three key findings in it. 0ne suggesting there should be a greater tax
the headlines. tax salt and sugar to help improve the nation s health so says a new review. the money raised could fund more free school meals. you re not going to break thisjunk food cycle, this interaction between our appetite and the commercial incentive of companies unless you tackle it directly. but the prime minister responded coolly this morning to the idea of a salt and sugar tax. iam not, i must say, attracted to the idea of extra taxes on ha rd working people. at least 30 people have died and dozens are missing after flooding in western germany. electronic devices have been seized from two homes as part of an investigation into the leak of cctv footage showing the then health secretary matt hancock embracing his former aide gina coladangelo. and the prime minister says his plans for ending inequalities in the uk won t make richer areas poorer.
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