Cancer experts want VAT removed to make sun creams more affordable in the cost-of-living crisis.
Value added tax - better known as VAT - should be scrapped on sunscreen to make it more affordable, say several UK cancer charities.
"Preventing skin cancer by using an effective sun cream is essential - and sun cream shouldn't be a luxury that only some can afford."Cruise ship dancer Kass Barker, who says she used to be "really into sunbathing", was diagnosed with melanoma in October 2020, at the age of 22."I just had a gut-feeling something was wrong," says Kass.
Tanning itself is actually a sign of skin damage; people don't have to burn to be at a higher risk of skin cancer.
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