British Labour Party MEPs have criticised today the UK government's decision to remove new laws on standardised tobacco packaging from the upcoming Queen's speech.

As Glenis Willmott, Leader of Labour MEPs and spokesperson on health, stated: "We have to call the government's commitment to public health into question. They are willing to forge ahead with their disastrous reorganisation of the NHS, but will not take the simple measure of standardising tobacco packagin...