England to fund free sanitary products for school and college girls

Mar 19, 2019

Feminine hygiene products are seen in a pharmacy in London, Britain March 18, 2016. Prime Minister David Cameron won backing at a European Union summit on Thursday to end the so-called "tampon tax" that has become a political football for Britons campaigning to leave the EU in a June referendum. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth - LR1EC3I0XEOJ7

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