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Reports • Sustain

Published: Wednesday 8 May 2024

Reports • Sustain

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Sustain: Sustain The alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity.

Chocolate waffles, one of the products expected to see their tariffs cut. Copyright: baibaz I Istock

Government tariff cuts raise questions over joined-up food policy, says Sustain
The Labour conference main hall in Liverpool. Copyright: Sustain 2026

Food is an essential of life. Is the Labour Party treating it like one?
The Chancellor's red box in 2023. Credit: Zara Farrar / HM Treasury CC-BY-NC-ND-2

Autumn Budget: Five things the Chancellor can do for a more resilient food system
A grower planting in a polytunnel. Credit: Woodland Farm by Phoebe Davies | Culture Roots Collective

Learning opportunities for young people in food and farming

Baroness Boycott speaking in the House of Lords. Credit: House of Lords 2024 / photography by Roger Harris

Lords food security debate puts local food systems centre stage
A group of pigs. Credit: CHIRATH PHOTO: Shutterstock

Britain's abattoirs hit critical low putting UK food security at dire risk – warns new coalition
A family shopping together at the supermarket checkout. Copyright: Dean Drobot shutterstock

Living Wage rates increase by 4.8% across the UK
Courgettes growing at Finchley Central Station. Credit: Naomi Paine

Draft London Plan 2026: Sustain's response

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