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Failures to learn lessons from Brexit, Covid-19 and Ukraine are fuelling Iran war food pressures

Efra committee told decades of food security neglect has left UK in perilous position

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
MPs told food security has been ignored for too long
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MPs told food security has been ignored for too long

A government failure to heed lessons from Brexit, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine has left the UK more exposed to food insecurity caused by the war in Iran, MPs have been told. Giving evidence to the...

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