Taxing cakes and biscuits is the answer to Britain's sugar problem

The drinks levy is working but England’s sugar consumption has still gone up. So what next?The UK is eating far too much sugar and the efforts of Public Health England to cajole the food industry into cutting down for the sake of our health are having very little effect. The latest PHE report shows another tiny reduction in the sugar content of our favourite packaged foods of 2.9%, following 2% last year. The chances of hitting the 2020 target of a total of 20% are vanishingly small.If you