People in the UK ate less meat last year than at any point since records began in the 1970s, with tighter budgets speeding up trends towards consuming vegetarian and vegan meals.
The amount of meat Britons eat at home has fallen by 14% compared with 2012, with carcass meat consumption, including beef, pork and lamb, falling by 26% and chicken and other meat products falling by 11% in the past decade, government data shows.
