Health groups challenge Starmer to ban ‘unhealthy products’ firms from lobbying MPs by giving them giftsMPs are being urged to stop accepting freebies to sports and cultural events from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms because their products cause so much illness and death.More than 100 health groups are urging Britain’s lawmakers to reject offers of gifts and hospitality from “unhealthy products industries” because they use an array of underhand tactics to disguise the harm they create in order to protect their sales. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/30/uk-mps-urged-to-give-up-freebies-from-tobacco-alcohol-and-junk-food-firms
Author : Denis Campbell and Henry Dyer
Publish date : 2024-08-31 09:59:41
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UK MPs urged to give up freebies from tobacco, alcohol and junk food firms
