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From Food promotion rules in Scotland from 1 October 2026 – Changes to support healthier choices, published this morning, the above reaction from the media operating in Scotland.
Watch them move when they get a sniff of the drug deaths on Wednesday.
The main points they could quickly copy and use as the basis for a quick call to a local supermarket owned in London:
From 1 October 2026, regulations will change how food and drinks high in fat, sugar or salt can be promoted and displayed in shops and online.
This is because of the Food (Promotion and Placement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025.
What will change in shops and online
The restrictions apply to less healthy food and drink products, such as sweets, crisps, cakes and soft drinks with added sugar.
In larger shops, less healthy food and drinks will not be displayed in prominent locations such as:
- shop entrances
- checkouts
- the ends of aisles
Some price promotions will also be restricted in shops and online, including multi-buy deals like ‘2 for £10’ and ‘buy one get one free’.
Some businesses will no longer be able to offer free refills of sugary drinks.
The restrictions apply to prepacked food and drink. They do not apply to foods made and packed in the shop, like fresh pizzas, or foods sold loose, like pastries.
You may see fewer promotions on less healthy products and more promotion of healthier options.
What will not change
This change does not ban any food or drink products. It is only the promotion of some products that is changing. You will still be able to buy the same food and drinks as before.
Some products may simply be displayed in different places in shops or online.
Meal deals and alcohol promotions are not affected by these regulations.
Why the rules are changing
Research shows that special offers and prominent displays can encourage people to buy food and drink they did not plan to buy, or to buy more than they need. These restrictions may help people stick to their budget and shopping list.
By restricting promotions of less healthy food and drink, the aim is to make it easier to choose healthier food and help to reduce impulse buys.
Our aim is to support healthier eating and improve health across Scotland. This includes benefits for children, families and communities. Similar rules are already in place in England and Wales.
Further information
- NHS Inform: food and nutrition
- Scottish Grocer’s Federation: HFSS retail compliance guide
- Food (Promotion and placement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025: implementation guidance
- Food (Promotion and Placement) (Scotland) Regulations 2025
- Food and drink high in fat, sugar and salt: rapid evidence review
- Restricting promotion of food and drink HFSS consultation: government response
Source: https://www.gov.scot/publications/food-promotion-rules-scotland/
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The BBC ?
Here’s something the BBC website has added as an article onto their local news page for Yorkshire (region of England).
“MP calls for Yorkshire to get its own parliament”
“A Liberal Democrat MP has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to go further with his devolution plans and give Yorkshire its own parliament”
Why ?
Well according to this Harrogate and Knaresborough Lib Dem MP , Tom Gordon:
“Yorkshire had a population larger than Scotland and an economy larger than Wales, and, as such, it should have a parliament with a broader spectrum of views represented, rather than so much power resting with the four elected mayors”.
(Does that mean Scotland has a larger economy than Yorkshire & Humber as he only noted that Wales had a smaller economy compared to his region) ?
My God the audacity and also the greed of some MP’s from English regions.
As not only do they think it is acceptable and reasonable to compare an English region to some Nations within the UK (i.e. Scotland & Wales) – then to top it all , they also want even more power and control within their English region , when currently they already have English regional Mayors within their regions who have been given more powers and control and more money aka devolution!
The article also stated that:
“Gordon said he believed a Yorkshire parliament was the way forward if it’s good enough for Scotland, if it’s good enough for Wales, if it’s good enough for London”.
(So now Gordon is not just comparing Scotland and Wales to a region of England he also adds London as a comparison with our Nations, that is London an English city as well).
The BBC article also added that:
“The idea of a Yorkshire parliament has previously been advocated by the Yorkshire Party”
“Since 2014, the party has argued that it would create a more “engaged, democratic society”.
“Meanwhile, when devolution deals were first being discussed, a proposal was put forward for one mayor for all of Yorkshire”.
“Since 2014” ?
So this was a thing then, a call for a Yorkshire parliament, apparently it was prior to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, so as well as EVEL in 2014 we also had a ‘Eh By Gum parliament’ called for as well.
Let’s be honest here how much power do some English MP’s want within and For English regions ?
So Tom Gordon, Lib Dem MP, wants a devolved parliament within Yorkshire in England.
Yorkshire already has four regional Yorkshire Mayors (as a part of devolution).
Then Yorkshire is also served by the UK political parliament in London, which is also in England, as that WM parliament represents Yorkshire constituents via their elected MP’s for that region).
BTW since the 2024 boundary changes there are now 54 MP’s who represent the Yorkshire and Humber region at WM.
While within Scotland, a nation within the UK State, these same boundary changes in 2024 reduced the amount allocated to Scotland from 59 to 57 MP’s.
Do basically Scotland is only allowed to stand 3 more MP’s than Yorkshire and Humber in any UK GE’s.
(While Wales also saw, like Scotland, their seat allocation reduced as in the 2024 boundary changes at WM Wales went from having 40 MP’s to then having 32 MP’s – that is Wales have 22 less MP’s than the Yorkshire and Humber region).
Also btw , Tom Gordon is the only Lib Dem that was elected as an MP for that region of Yorkshire and the Humber , so he is one out of the 54 MP’s that region has elected to sit in WM.
So I need to ask what is about the Lib Dems , who when they are in the minority, then assume that they can try to dictate and so introduce what they (say they) want and so should get ?
Clearly they, the Lib Dems, have not learned that no one really seems to care enough about them as a UK party ,that is care enough to make the effort to vote for them via a majority to become the UK government.
Someone should tell Tom Gordon, the lone Lib Dem MP for Yorkshire and Humber, that regions such as his within the UK parliament already have more than it’s fair share of representation within the UK State.
However I suspect that Tom Gordon will be another one who parrots the falsehood that “Scotland is Better Together with the rest of the UK” ( however for Tom that will only be the case as long as Scotland knows it’s place – which according to Tom seems to be that we, Scotland, are beneath that of his region in Yorkshire & Humber).
We often ask “what are Labour for” ?
When really the same Q should be asked about the Lib Dems.
Though TBF given all that they , the Lib Dems, have said and done, then I think we all know what and who they really are and also what and who they are for (via their support as a party).
Clue – not Scotland that’s for sure.
Certainly that is the case for the likes of Tom Gordon , a Lib Dem MP, as he Cleary does not see his party as being for Scotland , so then surely his party is not the kind of party that Scotland (nor Wales for that matter) should ever want to vote for in any election within the UK State ?
God give me strength, it’s exhausting the constant succession of S*** that we in Scotland are subjected to by non entities trying to make a name for themselves at someone else’s expense, this time at the expense of Scotland & Wales.
Then of course the BBC just always loves to repeat anything that disrespects Scotland – indeed they often platform and so promote anything and anyone that only wants to diss certain nations like ours, while exempting England from the same treatment.
Liz S
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*(Does that mean Scotland has a larger economy than Yorkshire & Humber as he only noted that Wales had a smaller economy compared to his region)
“(Does that mean Tom thinks and so knows that Scotland has a larger economy than Yorkshire & Humber as he only noted that Wales had a smaller economy compared to his region)
Also:
*Do basically Scotland is only allowed to stand 3 more MP’s than Yorkshire and Humber in any UK GE’s.
“So basically Scotland is only allowed to stand 3 more MP’s than Yorkshire and Humber in any UK GE’s.
Also:
* as he Clearly does not see his party as being for Scotland
“as he clearly does not see his party as being for Scotland”
Sorry typing on here (on the hoof) means (via me) too many mistakes made, obviously it should be #LizSBad Ha Ha.
I am also assuming (perhaps wrongly) that anyone will actually read my (long-ish) comments – also Ha Ha.
Liz S
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Wait how will they Yorkshire folks be able to afford to feed their people? How will they manage on a reduced budget like the Barnett formula England imposed on Scotland and, GERS and things like social security, social care education energy etc, surely they are ‘too poor’ to even survove a day without the philanthropy of their English masters/government who won’t allow them to make decisions on matters like energy, health and safety, outer space etc etc…hte list is quite long.
Oh dear…
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Yorkshire’s population is similar to Scotland’s, but still slightly smaller.
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Thanks Derek Scott.
As I checked and OMG you are right.
AI states – “Scotland has a slightly larger population than Yorkshire, with about 5.54 million people compared to Yorkshire’s approximately 5.4 million”.
What is about the Lib Dems that makes them want to lie constantly ?
(No answer required, as it is just so obvious as to why they do always lie, more so when they speak about Scotland, that is in the context of Scotland’s worth and value within their UK State ).
Liz S
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BBC nonsense.
No one voted for LibDem AV
ConDems pushed for Brexit Ref.
The North of England did not vote for Devolution. They refused.
Scotland voted for Devolution. Scotland would vote for Independence. They are not given a chance.
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