The PM’s potato protest: inside the UK’s food waste scandal

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A symbolic spud in the PM’s fridge highlights the urgent need for action as industry and charities warn time is running out on food waste reform

With the embattled prime minister reportedly “holed up” ahead of crisis talks with Labour MPs and Cabinet colleagues, the contents of the Downing Street fridge might not be top of his agenda – short, perhaps, of climbing inside it to hide.

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