All Politics articles – Page 18
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocery’s spring budget wish list: what are the odds?
Ahead of this week’s red box reveal, here’s what heads up the sector’s wish list – along with best-guess odds in the face of reality
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NewsSurvey reveals ‘staggering’ lack of preparedness for Coffey’s packaging waste overhaul
The emergency government working group set up by environment secretary Therese Coffey is facing up to 800 unanswered questions from companies and trade bodies
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Comment & OpinionLet’s hope the Windsor Agreement presages better trade across the Channel
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a “historic” deal that solves all the problems of Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade regime are somewhat overstated
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Comment & OpinionScotland’s DRS looks sunk after Sturgeon’s departure. What now?
SNP politicians have turned on their own plan and signalled what could be curtains for the scheme in Scotland
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Comment & OpinionThe devil is in the detail for Sunak’s new NI protocol deal
The minutiae will be crucial to the success of the proposed Windsor Framework, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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NewsFruit & veg crisis: farmers slam Thérèse Coffey’s response
Criticism of the Defra secretary comes amid myriad crises across British food production
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Comment & OpinionNFU Conference shows our strength in driving the national food discourse
We should all be significantly more self-confident about our collective ability to make our industry’s case on the national stage, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Comment & OpinionStarmer impresses farmers with NFU Conference appearance
Keir Starmer became the first Labour leader to attend the conference in a decade, pledging changes to trade and veterinary agreements
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NewsUK salad production to hit lowest levels since records began
NFU president Minette Batters said British farming was in peril as the worst is yet to come from an increasingly alarming slump in production
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Analysis & FeaturesExplained: the Food Data Transparency Partnership and how it works
New body could set the agenda in food and drink for years to come
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Comment & OpinionWho in their right mind would entrust the government to run foodservice?
Foodservice supply is a cottage industry of little miracles. Why the government shake-up?
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Comment & OpinionStop looking for Brexit dividends. Rushed legislation won’t benefit anyone
It’s high time we moved on from clambering to tell a positive Brexit story, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionWill the new Department for Energy Security better support food and drink businesses?
The new department, headed by Grant Shapps, is the most eye-catching move in the PM’s mini reshuffle
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Keir Starmer’s charm offensive woo big business?
Keir Starmer and his team are on a charm offensive to woo big business. Now with many boardrooms signed up, there is a rising clamour for policy
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Comment & OpinionWhy government must support employers to tackle economic inactivity
We have seen first-hand how work has the power to transform lives, says Rosie Brown, co-CEO of Cook
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Comment & OpinionBusinesses must prepare for a future without energy bills support
Given the tight fiscal position, any calls for more support from government will face an uphill struggle, says Mary Starks, partner at Flint Global and former executive director of Ofgem
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Comment & OpinionCut-price energy bailout could further inflate food and drink prices
Prices will be capped by a maximum unit discount of £40.00/MWh for gas and £89.10/MWh for electricity for those in the most “energy intensive” sectors
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Comment & OpinionThe year in cartoons: The Grocer’s Christmas Tinkle 2022
These are your biggest stories of the year, told in pictures
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NewsNFU meets Sunak to stress urgency over food and energy security
Minette Batters met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this week to emphasise the importance of him honouring the commitments he made during the leadership race
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NewsDefra announces EU fishing deal to increase fishing opportunities to £750m
The deal will present UK fishing with opportunities worth over £280m in 2023