Why is within VAT on sanitary items?

I know that sanitary items have only basically had the VAT (sales tax) reduced to 5%, but I thought that all essential items have to be VAT free. In what way are those items not essential? Why should they put any VAT on things like that?
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Are you supposed to discern everyday after taking the morning after pill?

when VAT come in I was working contained by a shop we were surprised it was on them too, that be back in the untimely 70s

A weird/ silly ques in the region of sex and pregnancy?

For the same reason they rates men's shaving items. It is considered an item you choose to have. In many countries ladies use cloth sanitary towels and rinse out them. That's how China's 'granny police' used to check on the local girls and know who was menstruating and when.

There was a woman who ran a campaign for frequent years, trying to get the VAT taken off sanitary items. Paper products such as sanitary towels, loo roll and disposable nappies adjectives have VAT on them.

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Because the government regard as that you should pay for the privilege of being a woman and have to suffer your monthly cycle. My wife is hopping mad about the VAT on these "luxury" items as the grind government calls them. What are they gonna add on VAT onto next - the air we breath?

I know i already asked this but i involve more answers. please?

Sanitary towels are not surrounded by point of fact essentials, they are luxury items.

Is it pg or stress?

Because the people who want these things are men.

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because the government are mainly mannish.

and thatcher doesnt count, she was a guy in drag.

Ill ask this again. Opinions?

That's a right question for the PM to answer.

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Not esstiental to a large booth of the population ..they tax shaving creme and skin mags

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