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Iceland boss has written to MPs claiming that changing rules would help cut prices for families

Stephanie Cronin was leaving Tesco with her five-month-old son when the supermarket’s alarm sounded, the security tag on her baby milk still on. Although she had her receipt to prove she’d paid for it, she says, “it was stressful, feeling everyone looking at me. But that’s the reality we’re in – mums are shoplifting formula.”

The Government is being urged to take action to protect vulnerable families from avoidable increases in the price of infant formula.

The Healthy Start allowance fails to cover the cost of any available first infant formula milk as prices continue to rise, new research from the Food Foundation reveals.

Studies have shown sweeteners may be linked to some cancers and cardiovascular diseases. Yet sugar also poses a risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and strokes, alongside tooth decay.

Report draws attention to health risks of ultra-processing and calls for regulation to catch up with other countries

Parents unable to afford the rising cost of baby formula could be forced into unsafe alternatives that’ll harm their child’s health fear charities.

Parents unable to afford the rising cost of baby formula could be forced into unsafe alternatives that’ll harm their child’s health fear charities.

Parents unable to afford the rising cost of baby formula could be forced into unsafe alternatives that’ll harm their child’s health fear charities.

There are 40,000 babies facing food poverty in the UK, and the cost of living crisis is making it worse as families turn to food banks