Bakers take pasty protests to EU in bid to halt new tax
BAKERS threatened yesterday to take their fight against the Government’s controversial “pasty tax” to the EU.
The National Association of Master Bakers claims that slapping 20 per cent VAT on hot foods may break European laws.
Chief executive Gill Brooks-Lonican said: “We think we may have a very good case and will be talking to our lawyers. A lot of small independent bakers are already struggling and this could push many over the edge.”
Members of the association, representing more than 1,000 craft bakers, as well as High Street giant Greggs, are collecting customers’ signatures on a petition to Downing Street. And Greggs are threatening to back it with a “march of the bakers”.