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Unhealthy food ad regulation progresses

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Children will no longer be exposed to TV adverts for unhealthy food products as new law set out today (3 December) confirms the final details of advertising restrictions. Ads on television will only be allowed past the 9pm watershed from October 2025 as part of…

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