All Government policy articles – Page 75
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Comment & OpinionGovernment needs to pick up the pace on Extended Producer Responsibility
The government should mount a consultation on EPR fees early next year and have the full system up and running by 2024, says Robert Goodwill, MP and chair of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee
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Comment & OpinionHunt’s budget signals pain ahead. But who do the public trust to put things right?
The battle lines are drawn for the next two years in politics, says Ian Wright, outgoing co-chair of the Food & Drink Sector Council
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NewsMeat industry welcomes Defra move to postpone export checks
New rules requiring paper vet-signed attestations confirming regular farm visits on EU meat exports have been delayed for a year
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NewsWar on plastic: campaigners slam government for ‘year of inaction’
A petition organised by City to Sea and 38 Degrees saw over 118,000 sign up to demand action on banning plastic cutlery
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NewsFruit and veg prescription pilot launched in London boroughs
The trial will explore the viability of fruit and veg on prescription as a long-term solution to tackling diet-related ill health and food insecurity
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NewsThérèse Coffey demands crisis talks to save Defra policy worth billions
Coffey is asking business leaders to attend a series of workshops, in which they would be asked to thrash out alternative plans for delivery
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Comment & OpinionToday’s budget offers some relief for industry. But questions remain over energy support
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was keen to look like a man with a viable plan in today’s autumn statement
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NewsPlans for £14bn business rates tax cut over five years announced in autumn statement
The plans also include a new government-funded transitional relief scheme as called for by the British Retail Consortium
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Comment & OpinionBabyfood aisles won’t be safe for children until sugar levels are cut
There is an urgent need to incentivise the food industry to reduce sugar, says Zoe Davies, nutritionist at Action on Sugar
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NewsMatt Hancock’s Better Health pilot scheme shelved amid cost of living crisis
The programme was due to launch its first pilot in Wolverhampton earlier this year, with the government having promised to contribute up to £3m towards rewards
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NewsBestway MD Dawood Pervez to take over as FWD chairman
Pervez said he wanted to publicise the social and economic contribution of the wholesale sector to the widest possible audience
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Comment & Opinion‘Post-Brexit trade opportunities’? UK exporters are still suffering through the reality
Given George Eustice’s oft-repeated confidence that all would be well, his latest admission those deals may not have been that fantastic after all is somewhat surprising
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NewsSoaring production costs leading growers to ‘walk away’ from sector, research finds
A study for the NFU by Promar International revealed many producers were now on a ‘knife edge’, leading to concerns over supply
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News‘Daylight robbery’: retail chiefs call on chancellor to freeze business rates
The upcoming 10% business rates increase – in line with inflation – is expected to bring in an extra £3bn to the Treasury
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Comment & OpinionTransforming the global food system is key to tackling climate change
As a result of discussions at COP27, I am hopeful more countries and businesses will prioritise work on food waste reduction and food system change, says Richard Swannell, acting CEO at Wrap
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Comment & OpinionCompostable plastic packaging is a complex issue. We need a national recycling policy
To abandon policy to individual choices and market forces is an abdication of responsibility and a failure of government, says Guy Singh-Watson, founder of Riverford
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Comment & OpinionFood is finally taking centre stage at COP27 – and waste is high on the agenda
We cannot reach net zero without transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food, says Ignacio Gavilan, director of sustainability at Consumer Goods Forum and Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, food & agriculture transformation lead at World Benchmarking Alliance
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NewsA ‘tsunami of need’: Trussell Trust calls on government to act on ‘alarming’ levels of food poverty
The group has released new figures showing 1.3 million emergency food parcels were provided by the charity’s network partners to people in need between April and September – a third more than was provided during the same period in 2021
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NewsWrap says delays to extended producer responsibility will ‘inevitably’ hold back war on plastic
A report from the Efra Committee claimed progress from supermarkets and suppliers has been hindered by ambiguous targets and a lack of transparency
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NewsCopycat products artificially hiking prices in cost of living crisis, claims new report
Evidence sent to Trading Standards and the Competition & Markets Authority by the group contains nearly 30 examples of retailer own-brand products BBG claims use ‘parasitic’ tactics to target shoppers