All Politics articles – Page 10
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Comment and Opinion
Competition authority’s investigation into grocery prices smells strongly of political motivation
It is hard to imagine the CMA finding anything other than the UK grocery market is one of, if not the most, competitive in the world
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News
Seasonal worker scheme extended for another year
The pledge came as part of a wide-ranging package of support for the sector
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News
Plan to merge Groceries Code Adjudicator with CMA is scrapped
The adjudicator Mark White is among industry leaders attending the PM’s crunch talks on inflation in Downing Street today
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KVI Tracker
UK cucumber growers forced to bin crops as retailers choose imports
The Lea Valley Growers Association has said many growers are choosing to ‘dump’ produce instead of sending it to market
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Comment and Opinion
Will Rishi Sunak’s ‘cakeist’ summit manage to keep all parties satisfied?
On the one hand, Sunak wants to know how to support endangered British farmers. On the other, he wants to get food price inflation down
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News
Commons Efra Committee to probe fairness in food supply chain
The inquiry will focus on how profitability and risk is shared, alongside the structural relationships between retailers and suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
Delay to bonfire of EU laws merits a major sigh of relief
The government has reneged on plans to scrap thousands of retained EU laws by the end of the year
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Comment and Opinion
As report reveals IT catastrophe, is Defra fit for purpose?
With 14 million transactions per year carried out on paper, Defra seems ill-equipped to oversee food safety, animal welfare, food shortages, air quality and water suppliers
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Comment and Opinion
The Sunak food summit should invite diverse voices from farmers to citizens
We need different voices pushing for diversity on our plates, biodiversity on and off farm, and diversity in our workforce, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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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”