Retailers welcome Tories’ pledge to scrap EPR packaging tax

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Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told the party’s conference in Birmingham the tax had hit companies fighting the cost of living crisis with a huge tax burden

The Conservatives have vowed to scrap the extended producer responsibility (EPR) packaging tax if they return to power, branding it as an “administrative nightmare” for businesses.

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