sugar tax

Eerie puppeteer hands controlling you. Manipulation concept

Enough of the nudge strategy Boris, you’re Prime Minister, not a puppeteer

Jenny Hjul | Columnists

From not eating red meat to wearing masks and lockdown measures, there has been a not-so-subtle rise in the government “nudge”.

Man holding a burger

The sugar tax is pure nanny state-ism – and it won’t work

Annabel Denham | Health

Making unhealthy food more expensive won’t stop people eating it – it will just make them poorer.

A collection of fast food, like sweets, chips and pizza, sat on a wooden table

Sugar tax: a necessary evil to tackle the country’s dreadful diet

Anne Jenkin | Health

If we leave obesity unaddressed it is future generations who will pick up the tab.

This tax on sugar is a waste of time

Ben Kelly | Economics

Once upon a time we were told by public health campaigners and, subsequently, nannying governments that fat was the root of our health issues. So,