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Kelley Price & Levi Winchester

Mum handed £2,400 tax bill for cancer drugs because of post-Brexit VAT changes

A terminally ill mum has been handed a £2,400 tax bill for her cancer medication because of post-Brexit VAT rules.

Gemma Lee, 41, has been diagnosed with stage four brain cancer and pays £5,000 a month for drugs that she can’t get in the UK or the NHS.

But the mum-of-two says she has been charged an extra £2,432 on top of this due to changes in how VAT is charged following Brexit.

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