Baby food manufacturers have been given 18 months to cut sugar and salt in their products, to address concerns that infants’ development is being harmed by poor diets.

GfK’s Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points to minus 17 in August, likely because of the latest cut to interest rates.

Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers online on the day of the Southport murders, is expected to speak out on Friday for the first time since being ...