boris johnson rejects junk food taxe recommendation ‘ie m not i must say attracted to the idea of extra taxe on our working peoplee pm says -- boris johnson has rejected recommendations to introduce new taxe on sugar and salt to help tackle junk foodrelated issues saying he is -- among its proposals the report called for a sugar and salt reformulation taxe including a levy of £ per kilo of sugar and £ per kilo of salt sold wholesale for use in processed food restaurants and -- “ie m not i must say attracted to the idea of extra taxe on our working people let me just signal that but i will study his report -- earlier the cabinet minister robert jenrick also played down the possibility of the government introducing new taxe on sugar and salt saying ministers would cautious about imposing “burdens” on the -- boris johnson rejects junk food taxe recommendation boris johnson rejects junk food taxe recommendation