Scots campaigners demand UK Government remove VAT from suncream to help save lives

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Scots campaigners are demanding the UK Government removes VAT from suncream to help save lives. About 13,000 Scots develop skin cancer every year – more than 1200 of whom get the most serious, melanoma.But even the other forms of skin cancer can kill if not caught in time.And if not fatal, the removal of the skin cancers can leave scars.Campaigners argue sunscreen is not a luxury product but essential.

This, in turn, can prevent a much greater burden on the NHS. But suncreams are not classified as essential products and have VAT slapped on them, pushing the price beyond the poverty line.Melanoma Action and Support Scotland (MASScot) has been campaigning for the removal of VAT for 17 years.Chairwoman Leigh Smith said: “When we started it was.