Treasury demanded Defra budget for ‘impossible’ full EPR recovery

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Senior sources told The Grocer that Treasury bosses had been warned it was an ‘impossible task’ for EPR to balance the books in the first year

The Treasury ordered Defra to include “full recovery” for the first year of the government’s new EPR packaging tax in its budget figures, even though they were warned it was an unachievable goal, The Grocer can exclusively reveal.

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