Joan Walley, MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, today launched a campaign for legally binding standards to improve public sector food

A Children's Food Campaign letter from 30 national organisations warns Health Secretary Andrew Lansley about the dangers of introducing policies that will undermine children's health.

The final review, of restrictions on the television advertising of food and drinks high in fat, salt or sugar has shown that, while the rules are reducing the amount of junk food advertising children see, they have been less effective than predicted.

The Real Bread Campaign is pleased that the Advertising Standards Authority has upheld its complaint against a misleading Tescos claim.

The Prime Minister's announcement that responsibility for nutrition policy will move from the Food Standards Agency back to a Government Department may be welcomed by the food industry, but it is not good for children's health.

Children’s food campaigners are delighted by the signficant increase in children and young people eating healthy school meals, shown in official figures released by the School Food Trust.

The Children's Food Campaign vows to fight to protect children from junk food marketing following Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's backing for business involvement in health promotion programmes.

Children’s Food Campaigners have described as 'alarming' Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s criticisms of the healthy school meals initiative championed by health charities, children’s groups, and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.

A letter opposing the recently announced cuts to plans to make free school meals available to every primary school child living in poverty has been sent to Education Secretary Michael Gove by a coalition of health, education and anti-poverty organisations.

With the school summer term approaching, Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins has put down his spade to call on the Government to ensure that every child has the chance to have a go at growing their own while at school.

Professor Tim Lang, a leading expert in food policy and prominent government adviser, today joined campaigners to call for legally binding standards to improve hospital food.

The Children’s Food Campaign today reacted with disappointment that sufficient MEPs had failed to vote in favour of a traffic light nutrition labelling scheme.

A nine-month investigation by the Real Bread Campaign has found the in-store bakeries of only one major supermarket chain producing any Real Bread.

A survey published by the Children’s Food Campaign finds that the vast majority of public parks around the UK have no public drinking fountains. This encourages thirsty children to turn to sugary alternatives or go without, both of which are bad for their health.

The Children’s Food Campaign welcomes the survey carried out by LACORS into the standard of food served to children in UK nurseries, but is concerned that the report’s recommendations do not go far enough.

Secretary of State Michael Gove announced in a letter to Ed Balls that plans have been dropped to offer free school meals to primary aged school children

The Children’s Food Campaign are disappointed by the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling that the Kellogg’s Coco Pops advert featuring a cartoon character in school uniform did not break its code and was not 'socially irresponsible' despite encouraging children to eat more of a high-sugar product.

David Drew MP introduces legislation in Parliament to stop the public sector buying endangered fish.

We call on the FSA Board to reject the reccomendation to weaken support for traffic light labelling

Children’s food campaigners today declared victory in their campaign to stop the Government introducing product placement of junk food in UK-made television programmes.