Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was the UK's Prime Minister between 2024 and 2026. Policies under his leadership spanned trade deals, changes to taxation and business rates, the implementation of sustainability initiatives and changes to labour policy. The Grocer covers these issues through news, analysis, comment and insight.
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NewsRichard Walker leaves cost of living tsar role after Starmer departure
Walker was appointed Labour’s cost of living champion by Keir Starmer and had been working closely with No 10 policymakers
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Comment & OpinionWhy has the government still not delivered its energy drinks ban?
Why have minsters failed to deliver on a promise made two years ago, asks Bite Back campaigner Alice
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Comment & OpinionWhat will Starmer’s resignation mean for food, farming and retail?
Starmer’s pre-election promise that he would listen to business concerns and ensure ‘food security is national security’ came to very little when the already struggling food sector needed real help
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Analysis & FeaturesWill government heed warnings over youth employment?
Supermarket chiefs have written to Keir Starmer calling for less red tape and costs, with retail’s crucial role in helping young people into jobs at stake
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Comment & OpinionWhy is no one talking about The European Partnership Bill?
Amid all the political in-fighting, no-one seems to be talking about the European Partnership Bill
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Comment & OpinionWhy food security should become a defence priority
We often hear that food security is national security. Government should act on that message, says Ian Wright of Acuti Associates
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Analysis & FeaturesIs food & drink ready for the EU reset?
Talks on an SPS deal are advancing, with an eye on 2027 implementation – but it is feared the industry is not prepared for the scale of adjustment
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Comment & OpinionWill Streeting’s war on sugar transform unhealthy food?
The DHSC’s plans to push ahead with a new, tougher version of the nutrient profiling model could put Streeting on a collision course with Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves
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Comment & OpinionDonald Trump’s latest move is a direct hit to UK food and drink
Food producers are having to build in a ‘risk element’ thanks to Trump’s unpredictability
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Comment & OpinionDoes the government’s babymilk action plan go far enough?
Retailers were quick to back Starmer’s announcement, but some health and early stage nutrition experts are arguing the government’s plans don’t go far enough
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Comment & OpinionTrump, China and the EU: the UK’s harbingers of fortune
Our long-term success depends in large part on Trumpian moods, Chinese patience, and EU tolerance of its errant child, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsNo food strategy until spring 2026 at earliest, admits Defra
Defra presented an update on the food strategy during an industry webinar, in which officials appeared flummoxed by several questions
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Analysis & FeaturesIGD conference: is industry up to the challenges ahead?
Action is needed to boost food security and avoid environmental disaster. Can businesses stay focused and rely on government?
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Defra’s new team kickstart the government’s green ambitions?
Steve Reed and Daniel Zeichner are out. Emma Reynolds and Angela Eagle are in. What are their priorities, and are there grounds for optimism?
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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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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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NewsDefra shakes up food strategy as it takes axe to FDTP
The Food Data Transparency Partnership will see its powers transferred to the new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB)
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the EU’s ‘reset’ deal with the UK truly a ‘win-win’?
A new SPS agreement is designed to cut red tape and costs for exporters. It’s come too late for some, but ministers promise a ‘transformative impact’
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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