MPs hit at plastic bag tax ruling

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%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Excluding smaller retailers from a 5p plastic bag charge in England risks watering down moves to cut the use of single-use carrier bags, MPs said.

The parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee said the Government had ignored calls to change the levy scheme so that it included all retailers, in the same way a successful scheme in Wales had.

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