MEPs rejected budget belt-tightening today and backed inflation-busting rises in EU spending for the next eight years.

A claim that a formula baby milk can improve an infant’s eyesight is being challenged in Brussels – despite having been approved by EU food health experts.

Baby bottle manufacturers were urged today to act now to remove from their products a potentially dangerous chemical which will be outlawed from next June.

CONSUMER groups have voiced dismay after MEPs rejected the most popular form of food nutrition labelling – a “traffic-light” colour coding system already in wide use.

MEPs joined Europe's new president Herman Van Rompuy today in calling for a stronger EU response to global disasters.