All Government and Regulation articles – Page 5
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Analysis & FeaturesDo the numbers add up for Burnham’s business rates promises?
A question hangs over how much the funding plans can raise
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NewsCarling cuts abv to 3.4% to counter sliding sales
It comes after Carling launched a 4.7% abv British lager, Carling Black Label, earlier this year
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: junk food ads, functional drinks and farming policy
For too long, the debate around children’s health has centred on personal responsibility
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NewsAsda finds northern families are £60 a week worse off
The supermarket’s latest Income Tracker shows that families in northern regions continue to have less money left in their pockets after essential spending, despite average UK household budgets improving year on year
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NewsPackaging tax may force mass return to plastic, PM warned
The Alliance for Fibre-Based Packaging, which speaks for the manufacturers of fibre and fibre/paper composite used by tens of thousands of coffee shops and takeaway businesses, delivered a paper calling for change to 10 Downing Street on Friday
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NewsBurnham urged to avert £300m SPS deal hit to shoppers
The new PM has been urged to press for changes to the EU SPS deal that will see rest of world imports subjected to costly checks
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NewsDeposit return scheme facing price labels chaos
Retail leaders suggested consumers would be confronted with at least four different prices for products included in the scheme
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NewsBurnham announces 20% business rates cut for pubs and music venues
The cut will be ‘fully funded’ by a tax clampdown on online marketplace sellers and businesses not making a ‘positive contribution’ such as vape shops
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NewsDefra rejects Sea Use Framework proposal
The policy had been proposed as part of the committee’s ‘Resetting the relationship with fish communities’ report
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Comment & OpinionPlastic Free July has done its job, now it’s the industry’s turn
Fifteen years of asking shoppers to try harder to cut out plastic has taken us as far as it can – the baton must pass to brands, retailers and government, says Laura Harnett, founder of Seep
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NewsNational Drought Group steps up heatwave response as food supply suffers
The recent extreme weather is having a ‘severe impact’ and is affecting water supplies and food production
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NewsMeat industry calls on government to safeguard water supply
Representative bodies and business argued the step was necessary on food safety and animal welfare grounds, as well as to ensure UK food security
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News‘Insufficient evidence’ for ultra-processed foods review, say government advisers
SACN scientists recommended the government should focus on encouraging consumers to reduce their consumption of HFSS foods
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NewsBurnham urged to back Good Food Bill as household insecurity worsens
New data shows the proportion of households in the UK experiencing food insecurity has risen to 12.2% compared with 11.3% a year ago
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NewsMcDonald’s cleared by ad watchdog after ‘junk food’ probe
Fast food giant McDonald’s is the latest operator to have its advertising cleared under the government’s controversial new junk food ad restrictions
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Feature SynopsisFocus On CBD: 5 September
Alignment with the EU could risk CBD products being pulled from shelves in the UK
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NewsDefra food boss quits to become Care Quality Commission chief executive
Emily Miles’ departure is the latest in a series of leadership shake-ups at the department,
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NewsEPR fury as mandatory flexible plastic collections delayed
Local authorities throughout England were expected to start mandatory collection of soft plastics from the kerbside from 31 March 2027. However, last week it emerged the introduction had been delayed until 1 April 2030
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NewsCranswick chair Tim Smith receives peerage
Smith served as chief executive of the agency from 2008 to 2012 before joining Tesco as group quality director, where he worked until 2017
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NewsUK must ’act now’ on land-based seafood farming, report says
The authors said the UK had a ’unique opportunity’ to adopt and develop land-based seafood production technologies