Exclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs a “staggering” £268bn a year, far outstripping...
Read MoreHealth and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugarDozens of health and children’s groups have urged ministers to tackle obesity by imposing taxes on foods...
Read MoreImporters also facing rising costs, delays and damage to orders, letter from representatives tells governmentNew Brexit border checks are reducing consumer choice and compromising Britain’s food security, according to...
Read MoreExclusive: Stéfan Descheemaeker of Nomad Foods says mandatory rules could help kickstart ‘nutrition arms race’Food firms should be forced to reveal how healthy or unhealthy their products are, to help people...
Read MoreChancellor considering how to increase access to pubs for small brewers and may announce industry consultationThe government is considering making it easier for pubs to serve independent, local beers as the chancellor looks for...
Read MoreBig names including Majestic and Laithwaites hope to head off price hikes whereby drinks will be taxed on ABVAs a rule, retailers tend to trumpet price cuts and keep quiet about hikes but wine sellers are breaking ranks to warn...
Read MoreNew scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaintsLobbyists for Britain’s biggest food brands successfully pushed for a £1.7bn packaging tax to be deferred,...
Read MoreTim Martin criticises schooner suggestion and urges UK government not to restrict pub licensing hoursThe boss of Wetherspoon’s has urged the UK government not to heed calls to restrict pub licensing hours or swap pint...
Read MoreCost of soft drinks, beer and kettles likely to increase as a result of scheme that shifts recycling fees to producersUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA new packaging tax to fund...
Read MoreJunk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded water fluoridation among measures planned to help NHSPlans to ban junk food ads and to stop children buying high-caffeine energy drinks are among radical public health...
Read MoreOnline adverts for products high in fat, salt and sugar to be banned altogether and TV ads will air only after 9pmJunk food TV advertisements are to be banned from airing before the 9pm watershed as part of the...
Read MoreCampaigners who also lost daughter call for direct meeting with health secretary to lay out proposed changesFood allergy campaigners have requested an urgent meeting with the health secretary after a teenager with a severe dairy...
Read More
The former trade union activist and key figure in
We would like to hear your memories of John
Debt interest payments push public finances deeper into the
{authorlink}
Former trade union activist and key figure of Tony
Former trade union activist who had Alzheimer’s died peacefully
Relatives of those killed in 1974 attack urge government
Thousands of farmers descended on Westminster this week, to
At least 17 state agencies to be created or
John Healey said some had already been decommissioned in