Brexit insight and analysis – Page 2
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Comment & OpinionWhat Leadsom, Gove and Eustice brought to Defra in their reign
As parliament is prorogued this week, we say goodbye to former Defra secretaries Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and George Eustice, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & Opinion‘Trusted traders’ are vital to improving EU border checks
This sensible scheme has the potential to radically streamline the certification process, says Phil Pluck, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Comment & OpinionDisaster planning not the best start to an election campaign
The food and drink industry has put thoughts of summer holidays on hold to go into full manifesto mode
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Analysis & FeaturesWas Sunak’s summit enough to inspire supply chain confidence?
The second annual Farm to Fork Summit saw representatives from across the food sector gather at No 10 to hear the PM’s proposals
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Analysis & FeaturesAs confidence falls, what’s worrying farmers the most in new NFU survey?
The NFU’s annual confidence survey shows farmers are expecting production to fall by significant numbers over the next year with confidence at ‘all time lows’
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Comment & OpinionGovernment refused inflation-linked CPIs for school dinners. How is that fair?
What does the government want? To keep price inflation to a minimum through effective competition? Or to keep farmers afloat in their hour of need?
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Comment & OpinionBritain ‘sleepwalking into food security crisis’ as B-day hits
The new requirements come more than three years after the UK left the EU after the government claimed each delay was with business in mind
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Comment & OpinionMinimum wage, maximum effort: the pay conundrum for food and drink
Skills, expectations and stakes are higher than ever, but the rewards are increasingly in inverse proportion
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Comment & OpinionPanic! New Brexit border checks causing food industry angst
On Wednesday, the government finally revealed how much it is charging businesses for importing goods from the EU into the country to help fund new border controls.
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Analysis & FeaturesFood security: the 10 biggest threats to the UK supply chain
As farmers demand government support, food supply chains are under growing pressure from climate change, policy, crime and economics
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Analysis & FeaturesCan FSA shake-up make the UK a leader on lab-grown meat?
Plans to speed up regulatory approval could affect lab-grown meat, novel foods and CBD – but some argue the move will come too late
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Analysis & FeaturesHow British are the supermarkets and what’s behind their marketing claims?
Much has been made of online ‘buy British’ sections, but farmers aren’t impressed. A consultation is looking to make claims clearer
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Comment & OpinionRage in Wales as farmers unleash wrath over Labour’s farming policy
The Welsh government’s proposals for a new, post-Brexit farm subsidy framework has gone down like a cup of sheep dip
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Comment & OpinionGross? How bureaucracy is creeping into the UK’s edible insect opportunity
Finally, eating insects is trendy again. Or was it ever?
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Comment & OpinionGovernment must prioritise food supply chain to avoid further inflation
This year’s general election marks a fork in the road for the food supply chain, says Phil Pluck, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation
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Analysis & FeaturesHow will Brexit labelling changes affect Great Britain-Northern Ireland trade?
The scrapping of the Windsor Framework’s green lane means the industry faces UK-wide ‘Not for EU’ labels. What will the impact be?
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InterviewsMinette Batters on ‘rebooting’ as she steps down as NFU president
Batters reflects on six years dealing with Covid, politicians and climate
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Comment & OpinionNorthern Ireland can finally reap rewards of its ‘special status’
The economic and social impact of the restoration of Stormont could be seismic for Northern Ireland, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionBrexit border rules: the big questions still to answer on imports
The latest bombshell to emerge is the upgrade of certain fruit & veg from low risk to medium risk
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KVI TrackerFruit & veg imports to become more expensive over last-minute Brexit rule
The cost of importing fruit & vegetables from the EU is about to rise by a further £200m, says the Fresh Produce Consortium