'This week's spending review will do nothing to boost economic growth in the countryside' - Chancellor delivers spending review

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review included a rise in the National Living Wage to £8.91 per hour

Alex Black
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'This week's spending review will do nothing to boost economic growth in the countryside' - Chancellor delivers spending review

NFU Cymru said the funding shortfall was a ‘bitter blow at a critical and extremely uncertain time'. NFU Cymru President John Davies said they had consistently been told funding would be maintained and...

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