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Ed Miliband suggested Labour could raise £5bn from the banks by making the one-off tax on bonuses permanent and introducing a levy on the industry and a tax on financial transactions.

Boris Johnson said he was "seroiusly considering" introducing a levy on sugary products for London, while former health minister and GP Dan Poulter told The Independent that the case was "increasingly compelling".

As part of a push to raise productivity and address skills shortages, ministers have set ambitious targets to increase apprenticeship numbers and are introducing a levy on larger employers from next April to help fund the new placements.

Amid a growing clamour from politicians and campaign groups for a sugar tax, Paul Polman said there was little evidence that introducing a levy on food and drink with a high sugar content would help tackle obesity.

A recent law introducing a levy on polluters and users of natural resources to help finance the agency was struck down by the Supreme Court last month.Other approaches are being tried, with the backing of the government, international bodies and environmental groups.

Clegg denied he would raise taxes more than the other two parties, and said: You are lowering taxes for many many people... and paying for it by closing loopholes, by introducing a levy on properties worth £2m... and bearing down on tax avoidance and tax evasion.

In February, in the teeth of union opposition, the government introduced a levy on public-sector pensions that cut take-home pay by an average of 7.5%.

Did you know, for example, that in 1996 Britain's first environmental tax was introduced, a levy on dumping waste into landfill?

In the budget, we announced that we would introduce a levy on banks' balance sheets, and today we are consulting on exactly how the levy will best work in practice.

Downing Street confirmed on Thursday morning that the Prime Minister had no plans to introduce a levy on fizzy drinks and sweet food and said he believed there were "more effective ways of tackling" obesity.

The advice comes as David Cameron hinted last week that the Government could soon introduce a levy on fizzy drinks this year after promising a "fully worked-up programme" for tackling soaring obesity rates in the UK.