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Great Election Debate: Environment – with Steve Barclay and Steve Reed | Politics | News

Great Election Debate: Environment – with Steve Barclay and Steve Reed | Politics | News

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay takes your questions (Image: Getty) The country’s top politicians are answering your questions in the Sunday Express. In the months leading up to the elections our legions of readers have the chance to put Tory ministers and their Labour rivals on the spot on the issues that matter most to you. Today Conservative Environment Secretary STEVE BARCLAY and his Labour opposite number STEVE REED are in hot seats. – Rob Ferguson, 30, sales director, from Minster, Kent, engaged * What will you do to reduce the cost of food and ensure food security, particularly in time of war? CON: Covid and the war in Ukraine led prices to soar, tightening household budgets. That’s why we made halving inflation the government’s top priority and by sticking to our plan, we have brought it down by over half and it’s due to fall further. But I am very conscious times are still tough for people so we are working closely with supermarkets and have a high degree of food security in the UK, …