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The appointment of MP Mary Creagh indicates the new PM backs further junk-food restrictions
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Gordon Brown has signalled his backing for even tougher rules over the advertising of junk food by appointing the Labour MP Mary Creagh, a campaigner for a ban on junkfood ads, as the chairman of a group to draw up public health proposals for the party's general election manifesto.
In 2005, Creagh introduced a Private Member's Bill to outlaw ads for foods that are high in fat, sugar and salt during children's programmes. Although...