Health secretary accuses fast food giants such as KFC, Domino’s and Subway of ‘cruelly targeting kids’ near schools

Fast food firms such as KFC, Domino’s and Subway are “flooding” areas close to schools by opening almost 1,000 new outlets there in recent years, research reveals.

Subway have opened 420 new takeaways within 400m of a school in England, Scotland and Wales since 2014, while Domino’s and Greggs have opened 354 and 329 outlets respectively.