All Government policy articles – Page 10
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Comment & OpinionLabour should seize the chance to push plant-rich diets
The first part of the Good Food Cycle was an ambitious and promising step towards healthier and more sustainable food systems, says Claire Ogley, head of campaigns, policy and research at The Vegan Society
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Comment & OpinionThe UK could be a leader in healthy, sustainable food systems
Food is responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions – in feeding ourselves, we’re eroding the foundations of our own planetary resilience, says Ali Morpeth, co-founder of the Planeatry Alliance
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Comment & OpinionIndustry at a crossroads: which path will it take and do minsters care?
At today’s IGD conference speaker after speaker detailed the huge challenges facing food and drink
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NewsLack of clarity on SFI scheme leaving farmers ‘stranded’
Former farming minister Daniel Zeichner had promised an update on the future of the scheme by late summer, but this has not happened, leaving farmers in limbo
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NewsCourt grants permission to expand review into government welfare challenge
The Animal Law Foundation will now go to a hearing where it will argue that the consultation exercise, which paved the way for the change in law, was unfair
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NewsBRC welcomes £5bn boost for communities but warns business rates are biggest concern
Under the government’s Pride in Place programme, 339 communities will get funding to improve high streets, parks and other public spaces
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NewsUK export volumes rebound, according to FDF, but more work needed to seize opportunities
Year-on-year export volumes rose by 7.2% from January to June, with produce sold to more than 200 countries
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the latest delay to the EU’s flagship Deforestation Regulation?
Doubts persist over the workability of the delayed-again EUDR
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Analysis & FeaturesInside Arla’s Bovaer crisis and its aftermath
Last year, Arla Foods found itself in a social media storm of misinformation over its trial of feed additive Bovaer. What has been the fallout?
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NewsCircular economy business Bio Capital to manufacture CO2 gas for food sector
Bio Capital said the move would help tackle the ‘major shortfalls’ of CO2 threatened by the crisis in the bioethanol industry
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NewsAgriScale programme unveiled to support agri-tech businesses
In a keynote speech at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London this morning, Defra secretary Angela Eagle announced plans to launch the AgriScale programme
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NewsBrits’ confidence in economy down amid high inflation and budget fears
Half of Brits are now expecting the economy to get worse in the run-up to Christmas
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NewsNFU, Dairy UK warn against more US trade concessions as Trump arrives for state visit
US president Donald Trump yesterday suggested more discussions over the May trade deal signed between the UK and US could take place on the trip
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NewsUK border strategy ‘failing’ warns second damning Efra Committee report in a week
A new report, published by the Commons Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee, has warned the Border Target Operating Model is ‘flawed’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s going wrong with the Windsor Framework?
It was designed to solve the problems Brexit caused to Northern Irish imports and exports – but red tape and the resulting red lanes remain
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NewsPlastic reduction campaign group City to Sea shuts down amid warning of funding crisis
City to Sea said the scarcity and competitive nature of grant funding and difficult economic times for corporate partners had driven its decision to close operations
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NewsFood inflation to hit 5.7% by Christmas, warns FDF
The FDF claims inflation will now reach 5.7% by December, an increase from its forecast of 4.8% made in June
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NewsBusiness rates reforms put 400 large stores at risk of closure, BRC warns
The trade body has warned of a ‘fresh wave of closures’, with up to 100,000 jobs at risk
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Comment & OpinionFood price inflation will bring down Starmer’s government
Sustained food price inflation promises to fuel a cost of living crisis which is immediately obvious to anyone who goes in a supermarket or convenience store (which probably excludes the PM), says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsSeasonal Worker scheme operator slams government in fresh legal challenge
Ethero, a former Seasonal Worker scheme operator, has requested permission to appeal its challenge to the government following its loss in the High Court regarding the suspension of its operator licence in April 2024