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Torcuil Crichton

Boris Johnson slammed for cutting food waste scheme that feeds thousands

Boris Johnson has been branded cruel for cutting funding to a scheme that diverted the massive waste of good food in farming and catering to foodbanks.

SNP MP Chris Stephens confronted the Tory leader on why the UK government has cut funding for a planned £15 million scheme allowing organisations to move food which was going to waste onto people’s plates.

The Glasgow South West MP said the scheme, which supports a community supermarket in his constituency, was in danger of shutting down.

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