Marks & Spencer has changed the name of the favourite childhood sweet Midget Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism. The retailer dropped the term midget and has rebranded the sweets Mini ...

Marks and Spencer has become the first high street retailer to relabel Midget Gems over complaints the name is outdated. A disability campaigner has been calling on producers to ditch the term ...

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Midget Gems have been renamed amid fears the branding could cause offence to people with dwarfism. Marks and Spencer has renamed the chewy fruit jelly sweets Mini Gems after a campaign.

Despite the uproar online, more and more companies who have their own brand of Midget Gems have also decided to change the name of their sweets (Picture: Getty Images/iStockPhoto) Over the years ...

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Marks & Spencer has renamed popular sweet Midget Gems to Mini Gems after Dr Pritchard wrote to the retailer Credit: Martin Lee / Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Marks & Spencer has changed the name of the ...

Marks and Spencer has changed the name of its popular Midget Gems sweets to avoid offending people with dwarfism. The retailer has rebranded its version of the confectionery as Mini Gems following ...