King Sugar's walls tumble as UK gets tough on soft drinks
Not so free and easy with the fizzy stuff from Friday in the UK as the sweetest of sugary drinks get hit by a whopping 24 pence per litre tax, while lower-sugar drinks will cost 18 pence more. The UK joins an exclusive club of nations on target to number just 32 by the end of the year that have decided to impose sugar taxes on sugary drinks for health reasons. The tax was a headline feature of former finance minister George Osborne 's final budget in May 2016. It is also forecast to raise more than 600 million euros for the government.