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News: Taxpayers subsidise businesses due to low wages

Community organising charity Citizens UK have released research showing how those on low wages are forced to turn to in-work benefits such as working tax credits to supplement their income and afford a basic standard of living. The charity say this is costing the UK taxpayer an estimated £11 billion a year. Citizens UK are calling on businesses, including supermarkets like Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons to pay the Living Wage (curently £7.85 or £9.15 in London) and help make savings to the public purse. The British Retail Consortium, representing retailers, told the BBC that most supermarkets paid above minimum wage. See also Sustain's work on food poverty.
Sustain | Friday 24 April 2015

News: A Department of Food for Every City

Research from New York based University at Buffalo has shown a lack of engagement with food policy by local government in the US. They found that few of the planning department officials they surveyed cited food as a key priority in their work. Academics from the University say this is leading to food access and health problems for local consumers as well as a lack of support for local farmers. They would like to see a greater priority given to food systems in local government, calling for food policy councils, like those already operating in Washington and Baltimore, in every city. See also Sustain's work on Sustainable Food Cities here.
Sustain | Friday 24 April 2015

News: Baby Milk Action Challenge Nestle Chairman and Board

Members of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) have called on Nestle Chairman and Board to change their marketing policies on formula feed for babies. IBFAN went to Nestle's annual meeting on the 16 April to complain about the promotion of Nestle formula as a gentle start for babies. Nestle responded that they enforce their own marketing policies. IBFAN would like to see breastfeeding more effectively promoted around the world. See Sustain's work to promote breastfeeding.
Sustain | Friday 24 April 2015

News: Alliance calls for political parties to protect our 'natural capital'

An alliance of organisations including the Sustainable Food Trust, the National Trust, Compassion in World Farming and the RSPB have written to all the main UK political parties asking them to commit to protecting 'natural capital'. Natural capital includes clean air, safe water and healthy soils as well as resources such as birds and pollinating insects. The Natural Capital Committee are particularly concerned about the impact of UK agriculture - pointing out that the environmental costs of food production are not reflected in the price of food and so there are few market incentives to reduce them. The Committee called for the positive impacts of farming to be encouraged and rewarded by government.
Sustain | Friday 24 April 2015

News: 1 child in every 20 in the UK going hungry and reliant on food banks to eat

New campaign from Sustainable Food Cities calls for commitment to tackle the problem ‘Beyond the Food Bank’
Sustainable Food Places | Friday 24 April 2015

News: British Journal of Sports Medicine editorial attacks focus on exercise rather than unhealthy food in tackling obesity

Children's Food Campaign is supporting calls for an end to celebrity endorsements of sugary drinks and the association of junk food and sport.
Children's Food Campaign | Thursday 23 April 2015

News: Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc OBE joins growing campaign to halt closure of Oxfordshire hospital kitchens

Raymond Blanc OBE has joined top doctors, patients, Oxfordshire businesses, hospital cooks, public health advisors, local councillors and health and environmental groups in opposing the closure of kitchens at community hospitals in Wantage, Didcot, Wallingford, Chipping Norton and Witney.
Better Hospital Food | Monday 20 April 2015

News: Help for families to eat more veg

Sustain member Behaviour Change have launched Eat Your Veg which encourages UK families to add more vegetables to their diet. Working with retailers, caterers, food service companies and charities, they are encouraging parents to share tips across many media platforms, from twitter to facebook, Instagram to Mumsnet. The website includes a growing library of ideas contributed by parents themselves.
Sustain | Monday 20 April 2015

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Political party manifestos - food & farming table
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News: Bournemouth and Poole become the world's first Sustainable Fish City

Bournemouth and Poole have been crowned the world's first sustainable fish city, after businesses serving 3.7 million meals per year in the city region commit to serving only sustainable fish.
Sustainable Fish | Friday 17 April 2015