LONDON, UK: The government of the United Kingdom and Great Britain and Northern Ireland has made headlines over the past decade for policies focused on reducing sugar over consumption. To learn how policy differences may have influenced outcomes, researchers from Queen Mary University of London have compared the sugar reduction programme and the soft drinks industry levy. They found that the interventions achieved mixed success and some clear reductions in sugar content and that their effectiveness may have been influenced by an increase in sales of soft drinks and sugar sales from foods.