All Government policy articles – Page 104
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50 retail bosses including Burnley and Coupe write to Sajid Javid demanding business rates reform
The open letter urges the Chancellor to urgently scrap rules limiting how quickly business rates can fall in line with dropping rents
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Food shortage warnings after Gove confirms post-Brexit border checks
Yesterday logistics industry bosses heard the first official confirmation that there would not be frictionless trade for goods regardless of the outcome of trade talks
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Comment & Opinion
What would a ‘Canada-style’ trade deal mean for British food?
Boris Johnson has set out his ambitions: a Canada-style deal with the EU. So what does it mean – and is it feasible for British food?
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Johnson defends US food standards as UK and EU lay out negotiation positions
The prime minister has dismissed fears over American food as “mumbo jumbo”
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Industry leaders slam ‘impossible’ timetable for DRS
Retailers, suppliers and trade bodies were this week summoned for talks by Defra about its key environmental proposals
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Government announces £1m food waste fund
Defra said it wanted to find new ways to change consumer behaviour or transform food waste into other materials
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Fisheries Bill to end automatic EU access to British waters
However, the bill left British fishing vulnerable to post-brexit trade negotiations with the EU, warned Labour’s Luke Pollard
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Scotland Food & Drink boss slams UK government over Brexit trade deal rhetoric
Withers attacked the rhetoric from the likes of Chancellor Sajid Javid and home secretary Priti Patel
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Food and drink leaders urge government to avoid ‘damaging’ EU trade barriers
More than 30 bodies, led by the FDF, have urged prime minister Boris Johnson to maintain as frictionless trade as is possible in a new policy paper published ahead of Brexit day on Friday
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Comment & Opinion
Industry finally has some Brexit clarity. Here's what businesses must prepare for
It’s time to move on from the big arguments of principle that dominated 2019, says FDF CEO Ian Wright
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Analysis & Features
What does the food industry make of the government’s new agriculture bill?
While the bill has been given a cautious welcome from industry, concerns over trade could derail its ambitions
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Sugar tax should cover pre-mixed alcoholic drinks, claims Action on Sugar
The campaign group said today it believed the category was ‘unnecessarily high in hidden sugar and calories’
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Comment & Opinion
Dreams of frictionless EU trade are dead. But we still don’t know what is next
Sajid Javid has vowed to end alignment with EU rules after Brexit. Government must now give businesses the clarity they have demanded for three years
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Food industry ‘deeply concerned’ by Chancellor’s frictionless trade announcement
Businesses have bene urging government to to tie up a deal that minimised barriers with Europe
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Greenyard Frozen taps government grant to partner with FareShare
Greenyard is utilising a £15m scheme launched by Defra last year to help redistribution organisations
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Brexit trade deal would put end to frictionless trade, says EU
It has reiterated that any departure from the single market would create a customs border
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Comment & Opinion
Will Change 4 Life get a much-needed reboot or be axed entirely?
In a bad week for cartoons, the Change 4 Life campaign has been thrown into doubt
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Public Health England calls off January blitz for Change 4 Life
Government health bosses have axed their flagship new year health campaign
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Action on Salt renews mandatory reduction targets following bacon study
AOS said the survey showed a worrying lack of progress among supermarkets on salt reduction
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Villiers pledges trade talk walkout over food standards if necessary
Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, the environment secretary promised to defend food standards in post-Brexit trade talks