Petition Stop female hygiene products being called luxury items and end the "tampon tax"

Despite promises to remove the 5% VAT on sanitary products for women (the "tampon tax") in March 2016 it appears this still hain't happened. Throughout their lifetime the average woman spends £18450 on menstruation. £725 of this is tax. This is asking to end the VAT on all sanitary products.

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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.mirror.co.uk/money/costly-study-recently-claimed-tampons-6372419.amp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12197451/David-Cameron-claims-victory-following-deal-with-EU-leaders-to-axe-tampon-tax.html (the last PM promised to remove the "tampon tax" buy failed to.)

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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