Labour backs plans for £15m fund to distribute surplus food from farms
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from on (#6T5Y1)
Grant will go towards repackaging food that would go to waste and delivering it to shelters, food banks and charities
Labour ministers have backed plans for a 15m fund to redistribute food from farms that otherwise go to waste, particularly around Christmas.
Grants starting from 20,000 will be handed to the not-for-profit food redistribution sector in England to repackage farm food and deliver it to homeless shelters, food banks and charities.
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