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UK will not impose sales tax on private healthcare, minister says
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Posted on September 30, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on September 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
The UK government will not impose a sales tax on private healthcare services, as confirmed by Health Minister Wes Streeting, despite budget speculations.
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will not impose sales tax on private health care, its health minister said on Tuesday, amid media reports that it was one option being considered by the government ahead of a November 26 budget.
"It's not happening," health minister Wes Streeting told the BBC.
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is widely expected to hike taxes at the November budget to fill a fiscal hole which economists forecast at tens of billions of pounds, prompting speculation as to where the axe might fall.
Reeves said on Monday she was sticking to the Labour Party's manifesto commitments not to raise sales tax, known as value added tax (VAT), national insurance contributions or the rates of income tax.
But she also said there would be hard choices to make in November.
(Reporting by Yoruk Bahceli, Editing by Paul Sandle)
No, the UK government has confirmed that it will not impose a sales tax on private healthcare, as stated by Health Minister Wes Streeting.
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves is expected to increase taxes in the upcoming November budget but has committed to not raising sales tax, national insurance contributions, or income tax rates.
The upcoming budget is expected to address a fiscal hole estimated in the tens of billions of pounds, leading to speculation about potential tax increases.
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