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Scheme backed by €170m fund crucial to getting agreement from farmers, politicians and environmental groups“Plant-based foods are the future.” That is not a statement you would expect from a right-wing farming minister in a major meat-producing nation. Denmark produces more meat per capita than any other country in the world, with its 6 million people far outnumbered by its 30 million pigs, and it has a big dairy industry too. Yet this is how Jacob Jensen, from the Liberal party, introduced the nation’s world-first action plan for plant-based foods.“If we want to reduce the climate footprint within the agricultural sector,

Donald Trump says tariffs will start at 25% and ‘may or may not’ rise over timeHere’s more on those comments from President Trump threatening to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, two of the US’ largest trading partners.He said he was making the threat “for a number of reasons” but that he wants both countries to do more to secure their borders to reduce illegal migration and the flow of fentanyl into the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/31/donald-trump-latest-news-politics-live-canada-mexico-tariffs Author : Christy Cooney Publish date : 2025-01-31 11:20:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Bundestag set to review Influx Limitation Act, which looks to tighten rules in existing laws on residence as Friedrich Merz grapples with rise of far rightin BerlinThe Bundestag debate has been delayed for half an hour on request of the CDU, thought to be to do with misgivings within the party over the debate, not least due to large numbers of protesters outside the CDU headquarters in Berlin. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/31/europe-live-germany-parliament-migration-latest-updates-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-01-31 10:31:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Diana Johnson says Labour is ‘starting from a difficult position’, after Essex police say they could get rid of PCSOsPolice forces in England and Wales are facing “difficult and challenging” circumstances, the policing minister has accepted, as some have been forced to cut their number of officers.Diana Johnson said forces would need to make decisions locally on how many officers to have, days after Essex police said they could get rid of all 99 police community support officer roles within the force, pending consultation, amid a £12.5m budget shortfall for 2025-26. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/31/policing-minister-police-forces-england-wales-challenging-cuts Author : Aletha