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UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

Government legal guidance urging retailers in England to offer millions of consumers deals and discounts on minimally processed and nutritious food was dropped after a lobbying campaign

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/may/17/uk-government-drops-healthy-eating-push-after-lobbying-by-ultra-processed-food-firms?CMP=share_btn_url

‘“[Rachel from Accounts’] Reeves under investigation by Parliament for non-declaration of donation”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour

“‘Designer’ Chancellor’s office claims all declarations are up to date, but Parliamentary Standards Commissioner suspects otherwise”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/30/reeves-under-investigation-by-parliament-for-non-declaration-of-donation/

“Labour loses another #Newcastle councillor, now has less than half of seats”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour

“Winning north-east city used to be a given for Labour, now Starmer’s pseudo-Labour is minority”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/28/labour-loses-another-newcastle-councillor-now-has-less-than-half-of-seats/

“Ignoring the evidence to pander to the worst people in society”

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

@UKLabour

“Starmer's Labour have stated their intention to keep the diabolical Tory two-child policy, despite the overwhelming evidence that it's driving unprecedented child poverty rates”

https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/ignoring-the-evidence-to-pander-to

Politicians like to talk about the ‘optics’ - in this case it is reasonable to wonder whether Reeves has very very dark rose tinted spectacles.

‘Chancellor, who took family member to see Sabrina Carpenter at O2, says she understands public perceptions about politicians’ freebies’

It did not take Labour long to get their noses deep into the toughs.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/27/rachel-reeves-refuse-free-concert-tickets-criticism-freebies

“Video: Streeting admits Labour worse than Tories”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox

@UKLabour

‘’We’re doing things Tories only talked about’, says red Tory health secretary – before going on to list cuts and warmongering”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/13/video-streeting-admits-labour-worse-than-tories/

“#SwindonsSundaySermon: vote Labour, get maniacs, war, and neo-Nazis”

by Rachael Swindon in The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour

“What the Labour Party takes from Britain’s poorest pensioners with one hand, they give to #Zelenskyy to fight an unwinnable war with the other”

https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025/03/09/swindonssundaysermon-ukraine-neo-nazis/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

“Health privatisers’ nightmare vision for 2040 NHS co-created by man running Streeting’s ’10yr plan’”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour

“Davos document ‘Vision of England’s Health System in 2040’ by McKinsey, scandal-ridden UnitedHealth and others lays out nightmarish end for the NHS”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/26/health-privatisers-nightmare-vision-for-2040-nhs-co-created-by-man-running-streetings-10yr-plan/

Peers ‘at it again’

He appeared willing to break Lords rules by offering access to ministers and other peers during discussions with the fake developers concerning sponsorship of a commercial event in parliament run by his son, a deal that cost £25,000.

“It’s great being a Labour peer at the moment because we’ve got our mates who now have senior jobs, which is wonderful,” Lord Evans said.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/25/exposed-labour-peer-involvement-in-what-appears-to-be-cash-for-access-venture

“Keir Starmer wants to tell us about ‘lifestyle choices’"

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

@UKLabour

“When politicians like Keir Starmer talk about ‘#lifestyle #choices’ how come it's always to condemn the poor, rather than to highlight the #greed and corruption of the rich?”

https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/keir-starmer-wants-to-tell-us-about?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

“Apartheid Starmer attacks judge who extended asylum ‘meant for’ (white) Ukrainians to Palestinian family”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour

“Judge made ‘wrong call’ says man abusing terrorism law against journalists, ‘we’ll close that loophole’”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/12/apartheid-starmer-attacks-judge-who-extended-asylum-meant-for-white-ukrainians-to-palestinian-family/

“It’s straight from the Trump playbook: Labour is tearing up the machinery of government”

by George Monbiot

“This might sound astonishing, but the UK government’s core programme now appears to be the same as [..] #Trump’s: dismantling the administrative state”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/11/donald-trump-labour-government?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“Labour executive seizes control of #Tameside #council and selections – to facilitate Reeves’s pension-grab”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour

“Reeves’ plan to take control of public sector #pension #plans for ‘risky’ investments sees resisters on council likely to be deselected”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/09/labour-executive-seizes-control-of-tameside-council-and-selections-to-facilitate-reevess-pension-grab/

London is the epicentre of global financial corruption, so guess what?

“Labour shamefully blocks a UN global crackdown on tax havens”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk

@UKLabour

“The British public sorely needs to wake up to the destruction corrupt governments like Labour’s have brought both at home & abroad with their extreme servility to corporate interests”

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/02/06/un-tax-haven-crackdown-labour/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

#Press #UK #Starmer #Labour #UN #TaxHavens #Vote #Block #LabourCorruption
#LabourFriendsOfBigBusiness

#Labour’s deregulatory race to the bottom should worry us all

Something significant happened last week. UK govt forced chair of Competition & Markets Authority to resign

Marcus #Bokkerink’s crime? Not being sufficiently “pro-growth.”

As chair of a regulator who is supposed to ensure a level playing field for businesses replaced by a former #Amazon #executive

#Starmer declared regulation has in the UK economy “like Japanese knotweed”

https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/labours-deregulatory-race-to-the-bottom-corruption-dirty-money-singapore-on-thames?utm_source=Fediverse

“Conformity over conscience: Keir Starmer's control freakery continues”

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

“Comments from within Keir Starmer's inner circle illustrate a culture of enforced conformity and outright disdain for dissenting opinion”

https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/conformity-over-conscience-keir-starmer-control-freakery?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

“After handing non-doms millions, Labour decides to hammer the poor again, freezes housing benefit”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@UKLabour

“More arrogant and shameless than the blue Tories”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/25/after-handing-non-doms-millions-labour-decides-to-hammer-the-poor-again-freezes-housing-benefit/

“#Corbyn, #McDonnell interviewed under police caution – say marchers did NOT ‘break’ police line”

by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox @UKLabour
@palestine
@israel

“Police repression and state lies continue”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/19/corbyn-mcdonnell-interviewed-under-police-caution-say-marchers-did-not-break-police-line/

“Breaking: 20 Labour councillors quit in Notts, form independent group and take control of council”

by Skwawkbox
@skwawkbox

“Broxtowe Independents accuse Starmer’s Labour of abandoning party’s values”

https://skwawkbox.org/2025/01/02/breaking-20-labour-councillors-quit-in-notts-form-independent-group-and-take-control-of-council/