Labour pledges ‘new deal for farmers’ to boost UK agriculture

Measures include target for British food in public institutions and seeking veterinary deal with EU

Labour has pledged to improve food security and boost the UK's agriculture sector with a new deal for farmers", including a target that at least half of the food used in hospitals, schools and prisons is British.

Condemning what the party called an abandonment of farmers under the Conservatives, the plan also includes a reiteration of Labour's proposal to seek to sign a new veterinary agreement with the EU.