All Politics articles – Page 19
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NewsCampaigners hail Labour plans to ban energy drinks to under 16s
Sales of drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre would be restricted under Labour’s proposals
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NewsFWD urges electoral candidates to reform apprenticeship levy ahead of election
The FWD is lobbying to change the scheme into a wider skills levy ahead of the general election
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NewsConservatives pledge retail crime clampdown and online rates rise
A Conservative win in the general election next month will also result in a year’s national service becoming compulsory for 18-year-olds
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NewsLabour to ban energy drinks sales to under 16s
The Labour leader will say energy drinks, often packed with high levels of caffeine, are harming children’s health as well as their education
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NewsLib Dems pledge to scrap business rates and establish recommended genuine living wage
The plans are among a raft of promises in the party’s general election manifesto, published today
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NewsLabour manifesto to include clampdown on ultra-processed food and takeaways
Supermarket bosses have been calling on the next government to focus their public health action on the fast food sector
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Comment & OpinionThe plastic tax isn’t working: the next government must sort it
Many of the flagship policies dreamed up on the environment in 2010, at least when it comes to the food and drink industry, are at best still just dreams
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Analysis & FeaturesWill general election end environmental policy shambles?
How will the next government tackle long-delayed plans for extended producer responsibility and a deposit return scheme?
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NewsNew government urged to launch crackdown on plastic tax ‘cheats’
Philippe von Stauffenberg, CEO of UK-based Greenback Recycling Technologies, said the behaviour of companies was at risk of turning into a future scandal
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NewsLabour pledges to ban foie gras imports if elected
Shadow Defra minister Steve Reed has promised to ban imports of the controversial French delicacy
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NewsFood industry has ‘got away with murder’ on UPFs claims Lords’ inquiry chair
Baroness Joan Walmsley said she believed the evidence was clear that ultra processed and HFSS foods had contributed to childhood obesity
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Comment & OpinionTories’ slap in the face to shopworkers is future government’s win
Tory ministers have failed to keep their promise on the monumental legislation that would have made attacking a shopworker a standalone offence
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Analysis & FeaturesPolitical digs and cheese Swifts: this week on grocery social media
The UK’s cost of cheese crisis highlights economic woes and Ocado, Itsu and Lidl hop on gen Z trends
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Comment & OpinionWhy isn’t the food industry preparing for Wes Streeting’s ‘steamroller’?
Who knows what measures a determined Labour government with a strong majority might introduce?
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Analysis & FeaturesNational Food Strategy is an-off-the shelf solution for Labour
New taxes and mandatory health targets could be in the pipeline
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NewsHostility to UPFs in parliament growing amid ‘deafening’ industry silence
A white paper published by marketing and PR agency SPQR includes a forensic breakdown of all mentions of UPF in the current parliament
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Comment & OpinionFood & drink needs to get ahead of the UPF debate
Everywhere you look – in the media, online, and in the bookshop window – we’re confronted with warnings about ultra-processed foods, says Tom Horsman, director at SPQR Agency
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Comment & OpinionWhat Leadsom, Gove and Eustice brought to Defra in their reign
As parliament is prorogued this week, we say goodbye to former Defra secretaries Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and George Eustice, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsLabour ready to revive Henry Dimbleby’s plans for wave of HFSS taxes
“I think there is a real prospect that a Labour government will revisit the sugar tax,” said one top industry source
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NewsDefra unveils ‘improved’ Sustainable Farming Incentive
The much-maligned replacement for EU subsidies will now pay farmers for 102 sustainability-led actions