Stop blaming bad weather for empty shelves, it’s a lack of competition in the food industry Nick dearden Supermarkets up and down the country have blamed bad weather for empty shelves, but monopolies in the food industry have left supply chains more and more fragile, writes Nick Dearden.
A muddled India trade deal will show how this government is negotiating our future without public scrutiny Nick Dearden Earlier this month, trade secretary Kemi Badenoch flew to India for the latest round of talks on a new trade deal. A few days previously, a leaked chapter of the deal made it into the press, showing the British government pushing India to apply harder patent standards. Various groups, including the British Medical Association, expressed [...]