Boots apologises over morning-after pill pricing row

Retailer to seek cheaper alternatives after intervention by female Labour MPs and calls for a boycott Boots has said it is “truly sorry” for the way it responded to a campaign calling for it to cut the price of emergency contraception and said it is looking for cheaper alternatives. The announcement, late on Friday night, came after news that the women’s parliamentary Labour party (PLP) had written to the store’s chief pharmacist to express “deep concern” abou