All Government policy articles – Page 104
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Comment and Opinion
Extending the GCA to cover more retailers makes sense
It’s hard not to have sympathy for farmers whose hopes of the GCA’s remit being widened have been dashed
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News
Adjudicator sets her sights beyond the grocers
Boots, B&M, Compass, McColl’s among multiples in GCA’s sights now based on size and involvement in food and drink
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News
Slaughterhouse CCTV legislation to go before parliament
Proposed legislation follows a consultation where 99% of respondents said they supported the plans
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Comment and Opinion
Exploit and adapt to Trump tax reforms
US tax reform is the most significant change to US corporate and international tax in a generation
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Comment and Opinion
Michael Gove fails to reassure NFU Conference delegates over Brexit
Muted discontent among delegates, as farmers’ union elect first female president to oversee the Brexit transition
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News
Gove pledges to put farmers back at heart of policy making
Gove tells NFU conference he is committed to avoiding a Brexit “race to the bottom” in standards or deregulation
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Comment and Opinion
Taking Tacon down the farm was never going to wash
It’s easy to see why the likes of the NFU and a variety of other farm campaign groups were attracted to the idea of the Adjudicator’s role being expanded. Sadly, they have been strung along by successive governments
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News
GCA role will not be extended to cover primary producers
More retailers with sales of more than £1bn could be added to the code remit, but announcement will be a huge blow for campaigners who have long called for an extension of the powers
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Comment and Opinion
Labour makes waves with detailed animal welfare proposals
Labour is at pains to outline its intention to design post-Brexit farm subsidies that move away from intensive “factory farming” and bad environmental practices
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News
Labour proposes live animal export ban in new policy document
Draft document also proposes introduction of mandatory country of origin, method of production and slaughter labelling on meat
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Analysis and Features
All talk? What can Gove's 'game-changing' council achieve?
The Sector Council is optimistic about Whitehall coughing up cash, but will the new body end up a toothless talking shop?
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News
Government shelves 25-year food and farming plan
Defra cited Brexit-based priorities for kicking the plan into the long grass, adding some of its objectives would be included in the upcoming Agriculture Bill, due in the spring
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News
Farming bodies welcome PM 'progress' on beef access to China
The agreement presented a significant opportunity for British farmers, said an AHDB spokesman…
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News
Brexit to hit food & drink and retail hardest, documents show
The analysis found that the agriculture sector may not be adversely affected
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News
The Soft Drinks Sugar Levy webinar is now live
Our free webinar, #SugarLevyExplained is now ready to watch
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Comment and Opinion
A shared vision on farming
Michael Gove still holds the Defra position and his speech was quite stunning in terms of content and vision…
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News
FDF issues guidance on healthier product marketing
The guidance covers comparative nutrition claims, such as less sugar, fewer calories and more fibre
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News
Michael Gove approves £16m cash for Defra Brexit preparations
The Defra permanent secretary warned of ‘severe disruption’ to public services without investment
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Comment and Opinion
Let's show bottle on plastic waste
The Grocer’s efforts in 2017 to concentrate our industry’s collective mind on waste, and food waste in particular, are timely