Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I would push for key agricultural land to be protected from being developed as solar farms"

Mr Jenrick is one of six candidates standing to be the next Conservative Party leader

Chris Brayford

04 September 2024 • 5 min read

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The MP for Newark, who served as the former Immigration Secretary, told the Conservative Rural Forum how he intended to back farmers as the race begins to nominate the next Conservative Party leader.

On food security and sustainable farming, I would continue to refine some of the good policies we introduced in Government. For example, free of the Common Agricultural Policy we have been able to...

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