Labour call for controls on marketing “follow-on formula” milk
East Midlands Euro MP Glenis Willmott is calling for a ban on the advertising of so called “follow-on formula” milk, for infants from the age of 6 months onwards. There will be a vote on her proposal...
View ArticleTory MEPs vote to delay action on tobacco marketing tactics
With the government’s decision to backtrack on standardised tobacco packaging being debated in Westminster, Tory MEPs in Brussels cast the deciding votes to delay progress on EU legislation to protect...
View ArticleTories starve East Midlands’ food banks of millions in EU aid
Tory MEPs have voted against EU aid for the East Midlands’ poorest people, denying food banks millions of pounds. The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly this week to endorse the Fund for European...
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