Removing import tariffs on more than 100 products are among five ‘everyday fixes’ announced by the government to help families deal with the cost of living.
Together with tariff suspensions already introduced, including charges on 125 ‘everyday essentials’ announced by former chancellor Rachel Reeves in May, the government said households could save up to £21 on their food shop each year.
The list of tariffs cut in the latest ‘everyday fixes’ plan include:
- Baked beans
- Chocolate
- Gherkins
- Garlic (8% + £100 per 100 kg)
- Gherkins (12%)
- Citrus jams, marmalades and pastes (20% + £19 per 100 kg)
- Throat pastilles and cough drops (8%)
- Boiled sweets, filled or unfilled (8%)
- Toffees, caramels and similar sweets (8%)
- Plant-based beverages (soya, nut, cereal or seed) (8%)
- Chocolate-coated waffles/wafers (8%)
- Kerosene (4%)
- Fertilisers (between 2-6.5%)
We will update the list when the full list is published.
The other ‘everyday fixes’ announced by the government are:
- Making higher tax-free mileage rates permanent for those who drive for work. The chancellor will lock in the 55p per mile rate for the first 10,000 business miles and increasing the rate above 10,000 miles from 25p to 35p per mile.
- Extending parental pay to more than 150,000 additional parents per year, including self-employed dads and partners who have previously missed out. Eligible parents will receive two weeks of support currently worth up to £194 a week.
- Ending the Carer’s Allowance cliff edge, so unpaid carers no longer lose their entire allowance simply for earning a penny over the Weekly Earnings Limit, equivalent to 16 hours of the National Living Wage. Instead, only £1 of support will taper away for every additional £1 earned.
- Installing hundreds more Post Office drop boxes to bring the total to 1,000 and “make it easier and more convenient for people to send and return parcels without having to queue at a Post Office counter, helping take some of the hassle out of everyday errands in the run-up to Christmas”.
