lots of things happening, but the big thing that happened on thursday was the government not launching, but updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2015, which they marked by releasing and we have got so much news to chew over, lots of things happening in westminster at the moment, but the big thing that happened on thursday as the government launching, well, updating its strategy for getting to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. which they marked by releasing pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and pages and more pages of documents with all sorts of charts and dates and pledges and consultations. we will talk about that. and the way that rishi sunak marked it was by saying this on a visit to oxfordshire. we have decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our carbon emissions have been reduced by over 40%, much more than all the other countries we compete with. at the same time we have grown our economy. so we have a good track recor
don t write off somebody because they re in a wheelchair. look at what they can do when they ve got the right help and support they can climb mount kilimanjaro. good morning from this factory in rochdale, where they cut doors into shape. what shape is the uk economy in? we get the latest figures this morning. england s greatest ever anotherjoe root century his fastest ever has his team mates purring over his performance. good morning. many of us starting off with a fair bit of cloud this morning. some sunshine. the cloud will build through the day. patchy rain at the far north. this week it is getting warmer, especially across england and wales. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, june the 13th. more home grown produce and more support forfarmers they ll be the central promises within the government s food strategy for england, which is released later today. the plan should improve food security, but well publicised recommendations to reduce consumption of
To live a healthy life. and, actually, the government s got this wrong. so they think, oh, nanny state, people don t want to be told what to do. the red wall, we mustn t upset them, whatever that is. actually, we did focus groups and constant research all around the country on health. people are absolutely desperate for the government to intervene. they re fed up with having to protect their children from this stuff. you say in the book that when you are doing the research for the food strategy, you spoke to lots of ceos of food companies possibly and said they were actually crying out for more legislation and restrictions on their business? which i was quite surprised by. not publicly. yeah, yeah. what they will say is, i cannot do this on my own. they will say, and this is right. because they need a a level playing field. we call it the junk food cycle. they re as trapped in it as we are, so they say if i don t do it, someone else will. but if they call for that publicly, literally t
HENRY DIMBLEBY: When you lift a forkful of food to your mouth, whether sitting down for a meal or chewing on a takeaway burger, you probably think it s your decision.
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