Government pressed to re-examine food policy

The importance of agriculture and food manufacturing to the UK’s economy will be re-examined from today (31 March), following a call from Lantra and Improve Sector Skills Councils for the Government to acknowledge its impact.A recent report commissioned by Whitehall and published by the UKCES, ‘Skills for Jobs: Today and Tomorrow’, suggests that both agriculture and food manufacturing were of low significance to the UK economy. It identifies other sectors, occupations and skills that the government will now focus on to meet the changing needs of the economy and labour market. Peter Martin,