Labour megadonor Dale Vince has urged Sir Keir Starmer to scrap laws banning vegan-only meals at schools.
The multi-millionaire, who donated £3.6million to Labour in 2024 alone, also outlined his bid to create school dinners from grass “powder or granules”.
Speaking at a fringe event, Vince said: “There are schools which want to go further. They don’t want meat and dairy on the menu perhaps every day of the week or even at all.
“But it is the law of the land. I am hoping to have a conversation with the new Government to encourage them to change the law.”
He added: “We shouldn’t be forcing these unhealthy products on to our kids.”
Vince is a major backer of the Prime Minister, pumping in £5million through his company Ecotricity since Starmer became Labour leader in 2020.
The 63-year-old also confirmed that he has stopped funding eco-zealot activist group Just Stop Oil.
“I eventually felt it was unhelpful, which was why I stopped funding Just Stop Oil and began focusing on stopping the Tories,” he said.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer PA
Sir Keir Starmer will today insist that there is “light at the end of this tunnel” as he tries to convince the country to put up with short-term financial pain to get the UK back on track.
The Prime Minister will also warn he cannot lower taxes until he fills the spending “black hole” left by the Conservatives.
However, Starmer will later look beyond the Budget to argue that Labour can bring back “joy” in people’s lives over the next five years.