Rejected petition Zero tax on women’s sanitary products to help more women out of period poverty.

Research has revealed that British women spend as much as £18,450 on their periods over the course of their lifetime. That equates to roughly £41 a month.

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“Defeating sanitary tax will be a milestone in tackling the marginalisation of issues associated with women, and will prove to Westminster that we can't be shamed into silence anymore.”

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/213366

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Date submitted 14 August 2018
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