Greens drop plans to ration meat and dairy
The Green Party has dropped plans for rationing meat and dairy products, as its co-leader insists it will not be included in its manifesto.
The party had put among its core aims on its website the policy of “rationing to reduce the amounts of meat and dairy food consumed in the UK” if it came into government.
But Adrian Ramsay told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “I don’t think rationing is going to be in our manifesto for the next five years. In fact, I’m certain it’s not going to be.
“What we’re going to be putting forward is how we make our food system more resilient, and we’re living at a time when we see food prices and fuel prices going up and up.
“We’re really in a vulnerable situation in the UK because we’re not producing anywhere near enough of our food at home.”
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