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Sir Keir Starmer wants UK to reach 50 per cent food procurement target

The Labour leader said he wants 50 per cent of public food spend to be on food produced locally or certified to higher environmental standards

Chris Brayford
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Sir Keir Starmer told Alan Titchmarsh he wanted the UK to produce 50 per cent of its own grown food if Labour wins the next general election
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Sir Keir Starmer told Alan Titchmarsh he wanted the UK to produce 50 per cent of its own grown food if Labour wins the next general election

Sir Keir Starmer has set his ambitions for the UK to procure 50 per cent of its food if Labour wins the next general election. The leader of the Labour Party had recently appeared on ITV's Love Your...

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