Chocolate and cakes could face 'nanny state' crackdown

Sweet treats including chocolate, cakes and biscuits could face the same cigarette-style warnings in Labour's latest 'nanny state' crackdown.

Ministers are reportedly looking to strengthen the messages found on food packaging in a bid to tackle child obesity. 

It comes amid fears that the Government could target cartoon characters, as one source told The Sun that Kellogg's Frosties' Tony the Tiger may need 're-educating'. 

Sir Keir Starmer is already looking to ban junk food advertisements from television before the 9pm watershed, while online ads that are high in fat, salt and sugar could be banned altogether. 

Now, a source has told The Sun: 'We want to give parents better information so they can make informed choices. Our children are getting shorter, fatter and sicker.'

But Maxwell Marlow, of the Adam Smith Institute think tank, said Brits were 'perfectly capable' of making their own choices by reading the ingredients lists on labels. 

He said the measures would instead be 'another burden on businesses'. 

Earlier this week, public health minister Andrew Gwynne announced that the government are considering plans to overhaul licensing laws in Britain to 'boost the nation's health and tackle anti-social behaviour'.

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He indicated that the measures being considered include tougher action against irresponsible landlords and — far more controversially — 'tightening up on some of the hours of operation'. 

His words triggered alarm among hospitality experts with Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, warning the 'half-baked plans' would be detrimental to the trade, with 50 pubs already closing each month. 

Back in August, it was revealed that Labour plan to ban smoking from outdoor places  — the first sign of Labour's 'nanny drive'.

The seemingly unenforceable plans would make it illegal to smoke in pub gardens as well as outside football grounds and children's parks. 

 Nightclub smoking areas, restaurant terraces and even shisha bars could all have their right to light up axed in shock new plans by Keir Starmer's Labour government.

Pavements by universities and hospitals would also be outlawed, but the government would allow you to smoke in your home or in the park.

Other locations are said to be grey areas and still under discussion - including beaches and enclosed, popular parks.

The report also mentions vape-free zones, although it is unclear whether the ban could also include e-cigarettes.

Defending the unpopular policy, the Prime Minister argued that 'over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of smoking' which is a 'preventable death'.

'This is a preventable series of deaths', continued the PM, 'and we've got to take action to reduce the burden on the NHS and the taxpayer.'

The proposed policy was blasted by the hospitality industry and the general public.