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UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying
Exclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units

✍️Zach Boren

Ministers are rewriting planning rules to make it easier to build intensive livestock farms despite concerns about water pollution, air quality and local opposition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/uk-looks-to-relax-planning-rules-for-factory-farms-after-industry-lobbying

The last Tory government let the Food and Drink Federation successfully lobby to remove guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care to “shift the balance of promotions towards healthier options – such as minimally processed and nutritious food.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2025/may/17/uk-government-drops-healthy-eating-push-after-lobbying-by-ultra-processed-food-firms

#UKpol #UKpolitics #UltraProcessedFood #UPFs #ProcessedFood #DepartmentOfHealthAndSocialCare #HealthyEating #FoodIndustry #FoodAndDrinkFederation #Nutrition #IndustryLobbying #JunkFood #FoodAndDrink #FoodPromotions #HFSS #NutritionPolicy #SoilAssociation

My #introduction:

A #scientist by background, but working on #environmentalpolicy for over 20 years, particularly #EUPolicy on #chemicals, #waste and #sustainability
My work includes #advocacy, #scicomm, #collaborating with #GreenNGOs, #academics, #policymakers & coping with #IndustryLobbying

Exec Dir #CHEMTrust, earlier worked 2x at #FriendsoftheEarth

Based #London #UK but focus on #EU level, so know #Brexit
first hand!
Have lived in #Brussels, #Glasgow, #Edinburgh, #York, #Boston
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