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Four environmental campaigners have been charged after allegedly scaling a government building in Westminster as part of a call to end animal agriculture. The group from Animal Rebellion, an offshoot…

Activists scale Defra building in call for meat and dairy farm subsidies to end

Sustainability

October 26, 2021

Environmental campaigners who have scaled a government building in Westminster say they plan to stay there “indefinitely”. Four activists from Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, used ladders, ropes…

Government officials are “confident” that there will be enough food available at Christmas despite concerns about a lack of butchers.

Government ‘confident’ there will be turkeys for Christmas

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October 22, 2021

Government officials are “confident” that there will be enough food available at Christmas despite concerns about a lack of butchers. The news comes as the government has introduced 800 temporary…

Christmas meats ‘under threat amid shortage of butchers’

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October 1, 2021

The government is “continuing to work closely” with the pig industry amid a reported shortage of butchers which could impact food supplies over Christmas. Ministers are considering plans to ease…

Rule changes announced to make developing ‘gene edited’ crops easier

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September 29, 2021

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Rule changes to make it easier to research and develop “gene edited” food crops such as sugar beet have been announced by the government. Gene editing makes changes to the…

Chicken producers take emergency action amid CO2 shortage

Supermarkets Suppliers

September 21, 2021

Benedict Smith

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Experts have warned of a threat to animal welfare as swindling CO2 stocks leave the poultry industry facing overcrowded chicken farms. The gas is used for stunning chickens before slaughter…

‘Secretive’ Defra criticised over companies dodging quarantine

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July 27, 2021

Benedict Smith

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been attacked for a “lack of transparency” over a list of 500 food companies exempted from self-isolation rules. It comes…

Unite the Union has warned that changes to lorry cabotage is set to cause “exploitation and misery” to drivers across the UK if approved.

Government holds crisis talks over HGV driver shortage

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June 29, 2021

Benedict Smith

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The government has met with industry leaders to discuss the falling number of lorry drivers, in a bid to avert a major food shortage. Officials from the Department for Environment,…

NFU welcomes government ‘u-turn’ on Covid Recovery Visas

UK secures Japanese poultry export deal

Finance Suppliers

June 17, 2021

Natasha Doris