date:Jul 29, 2014
nd and Scotland. According to the BBC, councils including Oxford, Brighton and Hove, Preston, Southwark and Sefton have supported the original move from Derby City Council.
However, as reported in the Financial Times, the Department for Communities and Local Government responded negatively to the request, saying extra taxes on supermarkets would 'push up the price of food and the cost of living, hitting low-income families the hardest'.