How Britain’s food system is set to change

Critics claim ‘half-baked’ proposals will do little to improve food security, standards or sustainability

Boris Johnson talks to a farm manager in Hayle, Cornwall
Boris Johnson talks to a farm manager in Hayle, Cornwall
(Image credit: Justin Tallis/PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo)

The government’s long-awaited plan to transform England’s food system has faced widespread criticism from environmental groups, health experts, farmers and even its own food tsar.

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