Nearly a fifth of the EU's budget goes on livestock farming, says Greenpeace

Europe urged to promote diets lower in meat and dairy and restrict animals to grass-based systems to free land for crops

Nearly a fifth of the EU's total budget - more than 24bn of taxpayer money - goes to support livestock farming across Europe, according to new research by Greenpeace.

At a time when scientists are calling for significant reductions in meat consumption, the report's authors say taxpayers' money should be redirected away from grain-fed, industrial animal farming.