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Popular Sheffield Cafe first to recognise Trade Union

The workers and owners of a popular local café/restaurant have forged a union recognition agreement thought to be a first of its kind in the city. South Street Kitchen in Park Hill has agreed to undertake collective bargaining with their workers’ union of choice, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). The agreement means that the owners… Read more »

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BASC cooks up a storm with colleges across the country

BASC’s wild food team is celebrating educating more than 700 members of the next generation of chefs about game meat in the last year. BASC has worked with 36 colleges across the UK since early 2021 to highlight the field to fork journey of game meat to students and staff and to highlight and promote… Read more »

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Hilary Benn announces five-year strategy for international development
Good governance ‘at heart’ of development plan

Tackling corruption in developing world governments is at the centre of a new five-year aid and development white paper published today. It includes a new ‘quality of governance’ framework UK ministers will use to assess governments’ commitment to tackle poverty, to uphold human rights and improve public financial management when deciding where to send aid…. Read more »

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Ken Livingstone granted new powers over London government
London mayor granted extra powers

The mayor of London has today had his powers extended to include new control over boroughs on the key issues of planning, waste and housing policy. Local government secretary Ruth Kelly said the move would build on the successes seen in the capital since the mayoral post was created in 2000, and insisted the London… Read more »