Government

  • Back to the future on food regulations

    Back to the future on food regulations

    Plans for the UK to realign with EU food laws will reduce import costs but leave a raft of unanswered questions including over the future for cell-cultivated meat.

  • A plan for the land

    A plan for the land

    England’s first ever land use framework aims to maintain domestic food production while freeing land for nature, development and energy. Can it carry off such a delicate balancing act?

  • Is it a good time for a food bill?

    Is it a good time for a food bill?

    An alliance of organisations believes legally-binding targets are the only way to put the UK’s food system on the path to a more sustainable, resilient future

  • Time for a food tax?

    Time for a food tax?

    Taxing unhealthy foods has long been seen as a high-impact solution to the UK’s obesity crisis

  • Intensive chicken production risks breaking welfare laws 

    Intensive chicken production risks breaking welfare laws 

    Animal welfare campaigners have warned chicken farmers they could be breaking the law by rearing fast-growing breeds. The Humane League UK (THL UK) has sent letters to 1,600 chicken farmers across the UK along with the four largest poultry producers…

  • Liz Truss stays, Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom join DECC

    THIS WEEK’S reshuffle has seen David Cameron line up his new green team. Liz Truss will continue as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), whilst in the same department, George Eustice is promoted to Minister of…

  • My viewpoint: Sue Dibb talks about new sustainable diet guidelines

    NEW SUSTAINABLE diet guidelines are welcome but ministers need to make the advice official to help both food businesses and the public make informed choices, says Sue Dibb.   In July the government published a landmark report. But there was…

  • PM faces tough questions on green claims

    THE PRIME Minister is likely to have a tough afternoon ahead when he faces questions later today from senior MPs on the Government’s environmental record.                           The evidence…

  • Government backs GM

    THE GOVERNMENT is hoping to “speed up” the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK.   In an interview with the Telegraph, published today, the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said GM “would be a good thing” and criticised…