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‘I’m astonished that the government cares so little about the health of their citizens,’ said Professor Karen Hofman, a leading researcher in sugar and other health-related taxes.
An increase above inflation or cuts to the current threshold would see "6 000 jobs – half being permanent, half being seasonal – lost and 3 000 additional small-scale growers would be at risk of losing their livelihoods".