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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

‘Liz Truss was right’: Keir Starmer wants 30% of purchased food to be British

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Keir Starmer will back Liz Truss’s call for more British produce on the supermarket shelves when he sets out a Labour pledge for one third of food bought by government to be grown in the UK.

The former Tory prime minister was widely mocked for her “that is a disgrace” 2014 speech, in which mourned the fact Britain imports two-thirds of its cheese.

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