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New law raises minimum marriage

age to 18 in England and Wales

THE legal age of marriage and
civil partnerships has been raised
to 18 in England and Wales.
Previously, people could get Kellogg's in court battle over
married at 16 or 17 as long as
they had parental consent. new rules for high-sugar cereals
The new law also applies to cul-
tural or religious marriages that FOOD giant Kellogg's is high in fat, salt or sugar will be
are not registered with the local taking the government to restricted.
council. court over new rules that Products covered by the
Conservative MP Pauline would prevent some cereals restrictions will also not be
Latham, who introduced the being prominently displayed allowed to be featured in key
bill to Parliament, said it would in stores because of their high locations such as checkouts,
"transform the life chances of sugar content. store entrances, aisle ends and
Kellogg's says the rules fail their online equivalents.
many girls". Backed by the government, the partnerships that happened be- to consider the nutritional Popular brands such as
Under the new rules, children bill has sailed through Parliament fore the legislation comes into value of the milk added to the Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes and
will not face penalties but adults with very little opposition - and force. product. Fruit and Fibre are classified
who facilitate their marriage It does not apply to Northern The company says inde- as foods that are high in fat,
could face up to seven years in jail will receive Royal Assent later Ireland and Scotland, where the pendent market data shows sugar or salt in their dry form
and a fine. this week, meaning it will become minimum age will stay at 16 - in cereals are eaten with milk or and so retailers may be pre-
This would include adults who law. Northern Ireland you still need yoghurt in 92% of cases. vented from displaying such
took children abroad to carry out The new law will not affect the parental consent to marry at 16, But the government said products in prominent posi-
the marriage. validity of any marriages or civil but in Scotland you don't. the new rules would help tack- tions, harming sales.
le childhood obesity. Including added milk would
Under the new regulations change the calculation by re-
Shoppers could face £271 rise in annual food bills for England, which come into ducing the proportion of sugar
force from October, retailer and salt content relative to the
THE average food bill could in- war and rising raw material costs pennies."Aldi was the fastest grow- promotions on food and drink weight of the overall serving.
crease by £271 this year as prices are all contributing to soaring food ing retailer during the period the
continue to rise, research suggests. prices. Fraser McKevitt, head of data covers, with its sales increas-
Grocery prices were 5.9% higher in retail and consumer insight at Kan- ing by 4.2% over the 12 weeks to 17
April than a year ago, the biggest tar, said: "The average household April. This was closely followed by
increase since December 2011, ac- will now be exposed to a potential Lidl, which was up 4%. More than
cording to research company Kan- extra £271 per year. "A lot of this is one million extra shoppers visited
tar. going on non-discretionary, every- the two retailers respectively over
It said shoppers were turning to day essentials which will prove dif- the period compared with this time
discount retailers Aldi and Lidl as ficult to cut back on as budgets are last year, with both achieving re-
pressures on budgets grows. squeezed. We're seeing a clear flight cord-breaking market shares, ac-
Supply chain issues, the Ukraine to value as shoppers watch their cording to Kantar.