the aim with the Sugar tax is to add it to the list of Sin Taxes - so it both raises money and reduces usage - just stopping them adding sugar would help the second aim but not the first and in these troubled times the Chancellor needs every £ he can extort. And of course in the future he can just keep piling the tax on..............
One thinhg that no-one has commented on is the almost total lack of ANY mention about defence spend in the Budget - just something about a commission to look at where ships might be built as far as I can see...............