Urgent action needed to ensure UK food security, report warns

The UK's food supply has been threatened by recent events, such as the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemicUrgent action is needed to secure the UK's food supply in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather, the imposition of tariffs and global insecurity, a report has warned.Days after the US president, Donald Trump, warned Europe would be next for tariffs on trade after he imposed tax levies on Canada, China and Mexico, the report said the UK's post-second world war food system was no longer fit for purpose, and the country's food security was in a precarious state. Continue reading...