Ministers say they will not “lecture” people about eating less meat as the government’s food strategy rejected recommendations to tell Britain to cut consumption by a third
Boris Johnson also ruled out sugar and salt taxes saying they would “just push up the cost of food” and arguing people should simply eat less to lose weight.The prime minister said this morning that a food strategy to be published later today would make sure Britain was “leading the world on the green agenda” as well as boosting domestic production of produce such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
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