The government is planning to ban under 16s in England from buying energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster. While many supermarkets have already introduced a voluntary ban, a third of children are believed to consume the drinks at least once a week.

The government’s move should prove popular with the public, with 79% of Britons supporting a ban on energy drinks for children, while just 11% are opposed.

Support for a ban is lower among younger Britons, with 70% of 18-24 year olds in favour, compared to 81% of both 25-49 and 50-64 year olds and 77% of over 65s.

As part of a wide ranging interview with Sky News, former prime minister Liz Truss said that she would never rule out a return to frontline politics, alongside claiming she was not at fault for what happened during her short tenure at Number 10 and saying the UK needed a Trump-style revolution.

A Truss return would not be popular with the public, with just 7% of Britons believing it would be a good thing, compared to 60% who think it would be a bad thing. A further 17% say it would be neither a good nor a bad thing.

Even among Conservative voters, just 9% feel a Truss return would be a positive move, while 50% would view her returning as a bad thing, as would 75% of Lib Dems and 78% of Labour voters.

Reform UK voters are most supportive of the former PM returning to the political frontline, with 22% believing it would be a good thing, though 28% see it neutrally and 40% would view it as a bad thing.

For many children, this week is the one they’ve been dreading all summer – they’re heading back to school. But will they one day feel differently about their years in the classroom?

Six in ten adult Britons (61%) say they enjoyed going to school, including 25% who say they enjoyed it a lot. This is against 37% who say they didn’t enjoy school very much or even at all.

It doesn’t appear to be solely a case of your view becoming more rose-tinted as you age, with 59-65% of all age groups recalling enjoying school.

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