All Government policy articles – Page 108
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Labour’s plan save UK high streets from ‘retail Armageddon’?
Labour’s proposals include a plan to force landlords to hand empty properties to councils
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News‘No guarantee’ sugar levy money will be spent on kids’ health
Children’s health campaigners are now engaged in a battle to win the funding for future years, with no ring-fencing in place
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NewsGovernment faces backlash over ‘bamboozling’ Brexit immigration move
It has said it intends to bring an end to freedom of movement on Halloween in the event of a no-deal
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Comment & OpinionYellowhammer? It’ll take more than rare birds to help us through Brexit
The government will soon be running out of rare bird names for its no-deal Brexit planning
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NewsOperation Yellowhammer: food and drink leaders urge judicial review
The report says the government expects logjams caused by months of border disruption
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NewsJeremy Corbyn unveils plan to prevent high street ‘retail apocalypse’
Labour leader is expected to announce plans to give councils new powers to re-open abandoned empty shops
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NewsOperation Kingfisher: industry urges detail on no-deal Brexit support plan
Operation Kingfisher has been devised to co-ordinate support for businesses most at risk of financial crisis that were “otherwise fundamentally viable”
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Comment & OpinionPicnic warning is a reminder industry must step up on salt reduction
Suppliers have cut sugar and satfat effectively: now to apply their expertise to salt
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NewsRetail CEOs call for reform of ‘broken’ business rates system
Signatories to the letter include Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op
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NewsGrocery leaders waiting on ‘Operation Kingfisher’ no-deal Brexit support
Food and drink bosses have also warned of major cashflow problems
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NewsFDF calls for relaxation of rules to aid no-deal planning
Competition lawyers are not expecting the government to allow a relaxation of the rules
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NewsCampaign groups call for ‘calorie tax’ on high-fat foods
The organisations claim fat is a bigger contributor to calories in the diet than sugar
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘Brexit at all costs’ Cabinet faces a never-more serious situation
The appointment of a new PM is always important to the grocery sector
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NewsDefra secretary Villiers urged to reassure food sector over Brexit
Industry leaders have called on Villiers to offer ’urgent reassurances’ on future trade relationships, environmental and animal welfare standards
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NewsPlastic tax consultation: nearly half disagree with threshold
Feedback from 208,000 responses revealed strong public backing for an ‘all in’ deposit return scheme
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NewsMichael Gove out at Defra but will work to stave off no-deal
Gove has been charged with overseeing planning for a possible no-deal Brexit
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Comment & OpinionWrap’s latest food waste report underlines huge challenge for industry - and Theresa Villiers
The report makes clear that a “significant” amount of waste is caused by consumers and the industry itself
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s in the new health green paper for food and drink?
New post-Brexit health labelling is just one suggestion – but will Boris Johnson have the appetite?
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Comment & OpinionTime for PM Boris Johnson to show his true colours on food policy
Johnson’s flip-flopping risks confusing an industry that’s already feeling Brexit stress
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NewsNew prime minister Boris Johnson urged to abandon no-deal threat
Johnson was elected to lead the Conservative Party today by 92,153 votes to 46,656 over his rival Jeremy Hunt