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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Tampon tax to be scrapped in Budget as Boris Johnson urged to keep funding women's groups
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mirror.co.ukScrapping the Tampon Tax shouldn't be used as an opportunity to end donations to women's groups, charities and politicians have warned.
Next week the government is expected to abolish the 5% VAT charged on women's sanitary products during the Budget, with a zero rate of VAT applying from the start of next year.
The Treasury estimates the move will save the average woman nearly £40 over her lifetime, with a cut of 7p on a pack of 20 tampons and 5p on 12 pads.
But since 2015 the money raised by the hated charge on tampons and sanitary towels, which couldn't be abolished while the UK was in the EU, has been used to fund a charity pot for women's groups.
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