food prices Articles

In British political history, food has previously played an important role. Clement Attlee's postwar government saw the end of rationing as the political domestic issue of the day, and a young minister – Harold Wilson – made his name championing the end of these...

Two stories on the Today programme this morning separated by other news items but intrinsically linked caught my attention. The first – a story about British food prices, which are set to rise following a poor harvest in the UK because of the wet weather. The story...

From field to fork, food is at the heart of the economic recovery. In January a ban on the use of battery cages for chickens came into force in Europe. British farmers have spent £400 million to ditch the old cages and ensure that our eggs meet the standards shoppers...

Labour in government recognised the central importance of food to our economy and way of life. We set up a Cabinet Office enquiry into the food sector: Food 2030 was the first national plan for food since the second world war. We took action to improve supply chains...