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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

I won’t make Britons cut out meat to meet climate goals, says Starmer

Keir Starmer has skewered efforts by his chief climate change adviser to encourage people to eat less meat by reducing their intake by the equivalent of two kebabs a week.

The prime minister was famously vegetarian for 30 years and did not let his children eat meat until they were 10 but has insisted that he does not want to get involved in people’s personal decisions on how they live their lives.

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