Ministers launch push to grow more tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuces in dash for growth

LIZ Truss has launched her dash for growth – with a bid to produce more tomatoes, lettuces and cucumbers in Britain.

The government is launching a new ‘salad offensive’ as they scramble to make farms more productive. 

The school day could be extended to 4pm to help with childcare and get parents back to work, The Sun on Sunday understands.

While onerous rules forcing childminders to register with Ofsted could also be torn up under the radical plans.

Ministers are also drawing up plans to ramp up house building and encourage communities to get fracking with promises of new schools and GP surgeries.

All of the ideas are being batted around as part of the government’s dash for growth agenda.

Environment Secretary Ranil Jayawardena will go to the Netherlands next week to study the ‘Dutch model’ of high-tech greenhouses and vertical farming.

Britain currently produces just 25 per cent of our cucumbers and 17 per cent of our tomatoes.

Liz made headlines back in 2014 with an infamous speech moaning about the amount of cheese Britain imports,  memorable declaring: “That is a disgrace.”

Mr Jayawardena, one of Liz’s closest allies, said: “Our Dutch neighbours are experts in glasshouse growing, so I want to see how we can expand this sector back home and grow more outstanding British produce.”