Labour opposes junk food ban as living costs soar

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The shadow health secretary says imposing food rules when costs were rising would be 'tin-eared'.

Plans to restrict TV advertising of junk foods before the 9pm watershed and paid-for online adverts are also being paused and will not come into force until January 2024.

Now the anti-obesity rules could be scrapped altogether after Prime Minister Liz Truss said she would halt a ban on junk food deals if she won the Tory leadership contest.for England, including plans for a ban on TV advertising of junk food before 9pm. He added: "What I've said to the food and drink industry is before government comes along with a stick and tries to regulate it to do the right thing, let's work together.

He made similar comments at an Institute for Government event on Monday at the Labour conference, where the party has been outlining how its policy vision contrasts with that of the Tories.

 

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We are supposed to be in a democracy not a dictatorship

Pay/ give the poor more money to cover rising food costs but still target junk food which disproportionately hurts the health of the poor and the poorly educated.

Well, Labour making a U-Turn, we had Khan, Labour cults and woke fashion magazines promoting fat people. 'Aspire to get heart disease, diabetes and other fat problems' that the NHS has to pay for, not to mention the lack of job oppotunities.

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