All Government policy articles – Page 140
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Analysis & FeaturesCan AEOs help you dodge port disruption in a no-deal Brexit?
Looking to avoid post-Brexit port disruption? AEO certification can reportedly ease the flow of trade. So how can companies apply, and is it worth it?
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NewsScotland likely to go it alone on DRS
Scottish government plans for a deposit return scheme are at least a year ahead of the rest of the UK
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Analysis & FeaturesFood and drink winners and losers in the 'giveaway' Budget
There were changes to business rates, online taxation, the national living wage and duty
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Comment & OpinionChancellor’s Budget plonks wine trade right in it
Freezing duty for beer, (most) cider and spirits but not wine is hugely unfair and deeply damaging
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Comment & OpinionHard evidence is much needed in energy drinks policy
A new report found little evidence energy drinks are more damaging to normal children than tea, coffee or cola
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NewsMichael Gove urges food labelling action ahead of review
‘Natasha’s law’ could come into force as early as next summer, he confirmed
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NewsBan on plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds announced
A ban on the distribution and sale of the items is to be introduced between October 2019 and October 2020
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NewsBusiness rates to cost retail additional £180m from next year
The latest ONS Consumer Price Index will be used to calculate the business rates multiplier for the next financial year
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Analysis & FeaturesWar on obesity: is food and drink being swamped by targets?
Patience is wearing thin with a ‘tsunami’ of government plans
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NewsPies, pizzas & sausages face 'draconian' PHE calorie targets
Under plans set out by PHE, a huge range of products would have to either shrink or reformulate
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Comment & OpinionWould an ‘Amazon tax’ really benefit the high street?
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has thrown his weight firmly behind plans for a so-called Amazon tax
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NewsProducers fear Gove's 'food plan' will add costs
Gove said the strategy would promote innovation
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NewsFDF insists no-deal Brexit is 'scary not scaremongering'
Predictions of chaos at the ports were coming from the “prophets of doom”, said Dominic Raab
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Comment & OpinionGove’s pledge represents a staggering success in the fight against food waste
Gove said food waste was “an environmental, economic and moral folly and we will end it”
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NewsFood waste: government commits £15m to subsidise redistribution
Gove to announce food waste redistribution subsidy plan today at Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham
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NewsPGI products and exports threatened by no-deal Brexit
”Catastrophic” new export requirements loom in week of Brexit warnings
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NewsScottish retail leaders warn of isolated DRS chaos
The Scottish government’s consultation on its DRS plans closed today
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NewsFSA campaign encourages young people to ask about food allergens
The campaign comes follows news of several recent deaths of young people from food allergies
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat green taxes could lie in Philip Hammond's red briefcase?
When the Chancellor steps up to the despatch box, it promises to be the greenest Budget ever
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NewsHorticulture 'low-wage and low-productivity' says MAC report
Growers have slammed the Migration Advisory Comitee’s labour report and said it has ‘missed the point’