THE Government must act to address deficiencies in the provision of food information to consumers by taking a more co-ordinated ?cross-government' approach, headed up by a single department, according to a report by the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. Responsibility for food policy is currently divided between at least six different Government departments and agencies.

MEMBERS and supporters of the Woodcraft Folk, the Co-op Movement's educational charity for young people, are being urged to join a lobby of Parliament in protest at the Government's decision to axe the organisation's £ 52,000 per year grant funding. The recently-announced move has shocked MPs who have signed an Early Day Motion calling for the Department for Education and Skills to reverse the decision.