The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agroecology for Food and Farming has warned poor international trade deals made following Brexit could have a significant impact on British farmers - and in turn the regional and global environment. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports.
… trade deals ‘biggest peacetime threat’ to UK food security Brendan Montague | 3rd January 2018 News Food And Farming Brexit … Parliamentary Group on Agroecology for Food and Farming has warned poor international …
Brendan Montague of the Ecologist interviews environment lawyer and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton.
… but do UK shoppers really want meat and other foods from deregulated producers? “If we … that the UK would have to accept imports of food and other goods that only confirm to the … very clear that we have polluted air, soil, food that is already affecting the economy - …
A coalition of social justice groups, trade unions and environmental organisations including Trade Justice Movement, Global Justice Now, Traidcraft and Unison is calling for a more democratic system of agreeing Brexit trade deals. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… of public policy – from public services to food standards to intellectual property rules. …
It's barely mentioned in the election campaign or reported in the media. But a powerful faction of Tory ministers, ex-ministers and backbench MPs are bent on using Brexit to ignite a massive bonfire of 'spirit-crushing' laws on wildlife protection, air and water pollution, pesticides, renewable energy and public health, writes Brendan Montague. At risk are not just EU directives and regulations but even the UK's own Climate Change Act. May's Brexit may not just be hard, but very, very dirty.
… of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which is responsible … resentment, including among people relying on foodbanks to feed their children. Children who … are being told it's a choice between food or health. As a nation, we apparently …
Britain now stands half way between the triggering of Article 50 and leaving the EU. Yet, we still cannot be clear what will happen to environmental regulations. We shouldn’t be demonising regulations that are there to protect our future as “red tape”. Part two of a three part series by BRENDAN MONTAGUE
… problems." The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) nonetheless …