All Government policy articles – Page 33
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NewsHumza 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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Comment & OpinionAs 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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NewsHumza Yousaf urged to salvage Scotland's DRS or risk wasting £100m
A raft of manufacturers including AG Barr, Britvic and Coca-Cola urged the new leader to make the scheme a “top priority” as the new SNP leader
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NewsSupermarkets sign up to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration on climate change
It comes with estimates that food and drink consumed in the UK is responsible for around 35% of the country’s emissions
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NewsSoy traders face stricter EU laws on environment
Soy traders such as Bunge and Cargill will have to prove their supply chains are not linked to illegal deforestation
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Comment & OpinionRavenous: 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 & OpinionNestlé 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 & OpinionDimbleby’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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NewsRishi Sunak ‘majorly oversold’ Windsor Framework, say food businesses
The new Northern Ireland Brexit deal has ‘major limits’ according to industry
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Analysis & FeaturesIn 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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NewsExiting food tsar Dimbleby launches new campaign to get Brits to eat less meat
The National Food Strategy author told The Grocer he has entered a partnership with advertising giant M&C Saatchi
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Comment & OpinionBudget: 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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NewsDunns Food & Drinks to invest £1.5m in pursuit of net zero
The company is also set to trial an electric van as part of the Scottish Wholesale Association’s decarbonising project
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s stopping Russian discounter Mere relaunching in the UK?
What are the ‘complex, non-standard’ challenges for a Russian-owned company trading in the UK?
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NewsWholesaler concerns dismissed following public sector procurement query
Shadow environment minister Daniel Zeichner MP raised the issue during Cabinet Office questions in the House of Commons last week
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NewsHealth tsar Henry Dimbleby quits slamming ‘shocking’ obesity
Dimbleby accused ministers of abandoning its plans for health after the departure of former PM Boris Johnson
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NewsFurther dismay for growers as they continue to be omitted from energy support scheme
NFU president Minette Batters said she was at her ’wit’s end’ with the government following its budget announcement
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Comment & OpinionCMA’s move on sustainability will remove roadblocks to collaboration
The CMA is taking steps to make it easier for companies to take environmental action, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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NewsRussian white fish tariff ‘has not worked’ say chip shop owners
The 35% tariff on fish sourced from Russia and Belarus after the former’s invasion of Ukraine ‘had not worked’, said Andrew Crook, of the National Federation of Fish Friers
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NewsSupermarkets scale back their plans to switch to loose fruit & veg
It comes with just 15% of fruit & vegetable sales currently coming from loose products, despite several retailers announcing an expansion of their offer