UK Labour Party Donor Dale Vince Calls for Red Meat Tax to Encourage Sustainable Food Choices
Dale Vince, the founder of renewable energy firm Ecotricity and a major donor to the UK’s Labour Party, has called for red meat to be taxed to encourage consumers to choose more sustainable options. He made the statement on The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show, ahead of the UK’s upcoming general election in July. “Red meat is the most destructive form of meat that we have available to us in terms of human health and planetary impact,” he said. “And so it makes sense to put a tax on that to steer people’s behaviour – that’s how taxes work, it has worked before.” Vince emphasised that it would be necessary for people to eat less meat in order to address climate change and protect …
