UK ministers consider suspending fertiliser carbon tax and food import tariffs to combat food inflation
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Helena Horton, Jessica Elgot
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Summary
UK ministers are discussing suspending a carbon tax on fertilisers and import tariffs on foods like bread, biscuits, and bananas to curb food inflation. The proposed measures aim to discourage farmers from leaving fields fallow, but there is tension between the Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade over the plans.
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Government sources said they were looking at suspending tariffs on a range of fertilisers in order to discourage farmers from leaving fields fallow.
there was tension between the Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), because the Treasury did not want to amend th
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