Andrea Leadsom

  • Leadsom offers assurances on animal welfare

    Leadsom offers assurances on animal welfare

    Animal welfare standards will not be watered down once Britain leaves the EU, the environment secretary has promised. Addressing the NFU conference this week, Andrea Leadsom said the government would honour the pledge in the Conservative Party’s 2015 manifesto that… Read More

  • Andrea Leadsom’s post-Brexit vision for UK food and farming is clear as mud

    Andrea Leadsom’s post-Brexit vision for UK food and farming is clear as mud

    Listening to Andrea Leadsom address the Oxford Farming Conference on Monday, it was hard not to feel a degree of sympathy for the Defra Secretary of State. It wasn’t just the unfortunate opening observation that farming had been around “as… Read More

  • Government support for food innovation

    Government support for food innovation

    Food businesses, startups and entrepreneurs have been given a boost thanks to a new Food Innovation Network. FIN will provide the industry with access to first-class facilities, such as test kitchens and laboratories to help them launch new products. Whether… Read More