Miliband's 'plan to put bugs on the Brit menu'

ED Miliband has been accused of plotting a radical change to Britons’ diets which could see insects substituted for meat in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.

- By Christian Calgie Senior Political Correspondent

The astonishing accusation came after an official paper from the Government Office for Science took aim at the UK’s love of steak as a key driver of damaging emissions.

Published last week, the net zero strategy document — not a statement of government policy — includes a recommendation to reduce pollutants from Britain's agriculture sector by improving “options for lower-carbon diet”, including ramping up the consumption of “alternative proteins”.