Labour to force NHS and schools to buy homegrown food in attempt to win over tax-hit farmers
Labour will order schools, hospitals and prisons to buy more British food in an olive branch to farmers angered by the inheritance tax raid.
Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, is overhauling the way in which public contracts are awarded to prioritise domestic produce over cheaper imports.
The public sector will be set the target of sourcing at least half of all food from the highest-welfare farms – which are typically in the UK – under the new rules.
This bright idea sounds as if it came from one of Keir Starmer's turnips, but we are bound to wonder if they will set an example. Probably not.
2 comments:
If they will be ignoring cheaper imports, they are subsidising poor UK farming practices. But at least most of our crop pickers and processors are Eastern European, who will send the money home and help with our fantastic overseas aid.
Sam - and think of the bureaucracy involved in making sure that at least half is from UK highest welfare farms.
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