All Government policy articles – Page 72
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets can’t save the planet on their own. The politics of food must change
Pity the politician who stands at the next election saying food prices are too low – but that’s where we must go
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NewsAvian flu prevention zone imposed in Great Britain
There have been a number of reported cases of avian flu in wild and captive birds in recent weeks
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Comment & OpinionIf COP26 fails to generate the right climate change targets, everyone loses
Countries are taking a pick and mix approach to targets – and it won’t be enough to save the world, says Andrew Kuyk, director general at Provision Trade Federation
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Comment & OpinionCOP26 must trigger a mindset shift around food
For decades, food production’s measure of success has been increasing yields. That needs to change
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NewsOnline sales tax could hit click & collect and scan & go purchases in shops
The Treasury is to look at whether an online sales tax should apply to in-store purchases paid for via an app
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Comment & OpinionAlcohol duty law shake-up is progressive and persuasive – with one glaring exception
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s shake-up of alcohol duty laws in this week’s Budget is long overdue. And in the main both progressive and persuasive
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NewsFrance threatens more border controls in post-Brexit fishing row
France has been infuriated in recent months after the UK rejected a number of fishing licences
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NewsIndustry reacts to Sunak’s business rates reform, including one-year 50% cut for retail and hospitality
The 50% cut – capped at £110,000 – will do little to help big businesses, says BRC
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Analysis & FeaturesBudget 2021: food and drink industry has its say
Reactions from industry to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcements have been largely positive, praising the relief action taken to ease pressure on businesses after nearly two years of pandemic-related squeezes
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Comment & OpinionWhat we learned in the Autumn Budget 2021: from business rates to alcohol duty reforms
Business rates will be cut but not overhauled, while alcohol duty is in for a more radical reform
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NewsBudget 2021: alcohol duty system to be given ‘radical’ shake-up
The chancellor said the new system would be designed around “a common sense principle” to tax higher strengths
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets are ramping up net zero efforts – but is it enough?
COP26 is just the time for governments and companies alike to give greater thought and action to their net zero efforts
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NewsReport criticises ‘health halo effect’ used to market HFSS products to teens
Campaign group Bite Back 2030 slammed ‘marketing tactics being employed by the food and drink industry to encourage teens to eat unhealthy products’
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Comment & OpinionThe Net Zero Strategy’s meat and dairy omissions could turn out to be irrelevant
Many in the industry are striving to beat the government’s green targets
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Comment & OpinionThe New Zealand trade deal has some ‘big winners’, but UK farming isn’t one
The UK has reached an agreement in principle with New Zealand, whose farmers are thrilled. British farmers, however, are less convinced
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NewsMPs back FareShare’s calls for the government to extend food waste fund
FareShare is calling on the government to extend its £5m yearly funding
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NewsOnline forecast to bear more of the business rates burden after next revaluation
Dramatic shifts in rental values on which the tax is based mean the burden will fall for shops and rise for online retailers, a new forecast suggests
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s right and wrong with Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
The Food & Drink Sector Council rejects Henry Dimbleby’s sugar and salt taxes, and is calling instead for a change to the UK’s food culture
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NewsGovernment to allow foreign butchers into UK in bid to end pig backlog
The move is part of a package of measures designed to support the beleaguered pig sector
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NewsBusiness rates reform: industry leaders outraged at new government delay
The plans have been “kicked into the long grass” because Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been too busy to consider them in the pandemic, it has been reported