All Politics articles – Page 8
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News
Farming heads call for action on food security
Food bosses at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum criticised the government’s dismissal of a need for a national food strategy
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Analysis and Features
How the Digital Markets Unit bill could force Amazon to change its ways
Legislation could give competition watchdogs the power to fine digital giants huge amounts. Will it be good news for Amazon suppliers?
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News
Nestlé withdraws ‘nutritious’ claim in row with Henry Dimbleby over Kit Kat Cereal
Dimbleby, who stood down as a special government adviser in March over lack of action on reformulation, said marketing surrounding the product had been misleading
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Comment and Opinion
What can farmers and retail bosses expect from the ‘Sunak summit’?
The agenda is currently a mystery, but that the meeting has been brought forward suggests a level of urgency
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News
Sunak summons farming and retail bosses for food security showdown
The meeting, which has been billed by industry sources as the ‘Sunak Summit’, is due to take place in Westminster on 16 May
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News
Recycling reforms: supermarkets tell Thérèse Coffey to go back to drawing board
Retailers have set out six key areas they say need to be changed to prevent EPR being a failure
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Comment and Opinion
Let’s use Scotland’s DRS delay to avoid ‘omnishambles’ of separate schemes
It’s looking like a fair bet we’ll never get to see 20p deposits on drinks containers in the UK
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News
Scotland’s deposit return scheme: industry reacts to delay
The launch of the UK’s first deposit return scheme (DRS) has been delayed until at least 1 March next year
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Comment and Opinion
If the government is serious about fighting obesity, it must support SMEs
Grants for SMEs may lack the big soundbite potential, but they could actually get some results
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News
Humza Yousaf urged to delay Scottish deposit return scheme until 2025
Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey told MPs yesterday she hoped Yousaf could be persuaded to abandon the 16 August deadline
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News
EPR: Thérèse Coffey urged to delay ‘blank cheque’ recycling plans
This week the leaders of the BRC, FDF and packaging umbrella body Incpen wrote a stinging 1,500-word letter to Coffey calling for ministers to “take the time needed”
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Comment and Opinion
As Sunak readies ‘Green Day’, food industry initiatives are a basket case
DRS is in danger of going down the drain, while EPR has been described as a ‘fiasco’
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Comment and Opinion
Ravenous: Henry Dimbleby pulls no punches about policy in food tsar tell-all
Henry Dimbleby’s latest book must be one of the most exhaustively researched works of all time
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Comment and Opinion
Nestlé and Unilever risk causing confusion with health reporting. But it’s a positive first step
For now, it’s barely possible to understand the reporting without a degree in maths
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Comment and Opinion
Dimbleby’s legacy is an echo of ‘posh boy government’. But he is principled and brave
Whether Sunak or Starmer is prime minister after the next election, Dimbleby will be the go-to source for policy formulation, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Analysis and Features
In his own words: Henry Dimbleby on why he quit government health role
National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby has quit as the UK’s food tsar, furious at Whitehall’s lack of a strategy. But he’s not giving up on major change
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Comment and Opinion
Budget: businesses like ours need childcare support and green incentives now
There were two incredibly important announcements in the budget, but they don’t go far enough to encourage growth, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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Analysis and Features
Grocery’s spring budget wish list: what are the odds?
Ahead of this week’s red box reveal, here’s what heads up the sector’s wish list – along with best-guess odds in the face of reality
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News
Survey reveals ‘staggering’ lack of preparedness for Coffey’s packaging waste overhaul
The emergency government working group set up by environment secretary Therese Coffey is facing up to 800 unanswered questions from companies and trade bodies
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Comment and Opinion
Let’s hope the Windsor Agreement presages better trade across the Channel
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a “historic” deal that solves all the problems of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade regime are somewhat overstated