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The Government has committed to support profitable farming businesses, improve food security and protect the British agricultural sector. Grants to farmers are expected to total £427 millions in the coming year with investment in productivity schemes doubled. An annual UK-wide Food Security Index will capture and present data needed to monitor levels of food security and the Farm to Fork Summit will be an annual event.
The UK has paused trade talks with Canada following the UK’s refusal to relax a ban on hormone-treated beef. Canada has also been under pressure from domestic cheese producers with higher Canadian tariffs on imports of British cheese having been implemented at the beginning of January.
A new All Party Parliamentary Group has been established to tackle unfairness in the supply chain and increase food self-sufficiency to 70%