Bring in the army to relieve UK lorry driver crisis
Reuters says Premier Foods, one of Britain's biggest food companies, has called on the government to consider using the army ...
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UK food shortages and worker scarcity
Bloomberg says that from abattoirs to restaurant kitchens, the UK food sector is facing a massive challenge this summer: there ...
Britain could face food shortages due to lorry crisis
Reuters reports that Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an "unimaginable" collapse of supply chains. The ...
UK food and drink exports to EU fall by almost half
UK exports of food and drink to the EU dropped by almost half in the first three months of 2021 ...
“Better eco data needed for improved food labelling,” UK taskforce
Widespread reforms to UK agriculture and its environmental impact have been recommended in a new government report, including enhanced data ...
Can the UK and the EU reach a deal on Northern Ireland?
The BBC reports that arguments between the EU and the UK about the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland have intensified. ...
Labour shortages, call for Brexit rules to be relaxed
Channel 4 News reports that, as the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where ...
EU agri-food agreement ‘difficult to reach’: negotiator
The BBC reports that the UK's Brexit Minister has played down the prospect of reaching a new agri-food agreement with ...
UK food and drink exports to EU down 75.5 per cent
Reuters says that exports of food and drink from the United Kingdom to the European Union plunged by 75.5% in ...
Low-paid migrant workers ‘trapped’ on Britain’s farms
The Financial Times reports that between March 2020 and February 2021, Focus on Labour Exploitation, an NGO, investigated the experience ...
UN: Unleashing consumer power to fix the food system
Quota's proposal to the UN Food Systems Summit for a global, unifying label rating food against all relevant human rights...
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