Representatives of the VAT Burn campaign delivering petition to No 10 Downing St.

Calls for VAT to be removed from sunscreen

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A group of charities, cross-party politicians, patients and medical professionals have handed a petition to the Government calling on them to abolish VAT on factor 30+ sunscreen to make it more affordable and reduce cases of skin cancer. The VAT Burn campaign is a response to the rising number of skin cancer deaths in the …

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Concerns that cost of sunscreen is increasing skin cancer risk

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Melanoma is a deadly, but largely preventable, form of skin cancer. Wearing sunscreen is one of the most effective ways to protect against it, but new data released today by the charity Melanoma Focus has found that half (50%) of people in the UK think sunscreen is too expensive and 10% don’t use it at …

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