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• Co-op members and board at odds over AGM vote on chicken welfare

  21-05-2023 15:48
  
  Motion to adopt Better Chicken Commitment carried by 96%, but directors cited need for low pricesFeathers are flying at the Co-operative Group after thousands of its members voted to improve welfare for chickens reared for meat at the annual meeting on Saturday – but were partly overruled by the company’s directors, who said they wanted to keep prices down.A motion led by the Humane League UK campaign group asked the mutual to adopt the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) – a set o
  
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• Treasury analysing whether removal of tampon tax has lowered prices

  21-05-2023 15:00
  
  Cost of sanitary products has risen and campaigners say saving is not being passed on by retailersThe Treasury is analysing whether the removal of the “tampon tax” – trumpeted last week by Rishi Sunak as one of the benefits of Brexit – has helped lower prices at all, amid concerns the saving is not being passed on by retailers to women.Responding to a written question from Labour MP Ruth Cadbury, the government said a tax reduction was able to “contribute to the con
  
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• Concerns over price rises for period products despite removal of tampon tax

  21-05-2023 15:00
  
  Campaigners say saving is not being passed on by retailers after double digit price riseThe Treasury is analysing whether the removal of the “tampon tax” – trumpeted last week by Rishi Sunak as one of the benefits of Brexit – has helped lower prices at all, amid concerns the saving is not being passed on by retailers to women.Responding to a written question from the Labour MP Ruth Cadbury, the government said a tax reduction was able to “contribute to the condition
  
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• Amazon falls behind Walmart in battle for India’s online shoppers

  21-05-2023 00:00
  Controversial $16bn Flipkart deal gives Walmart an ecommerce edge
  
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