Labour advocates more interventionalist Defra

Government needs to have a role in creating a ‘relationship of equals’ between supermarkets and British farmers with supermarkets needing to show ‘more flex’ in negotiations.

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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Labour advocates more interventionalist Defra

Government needs to have a role in creating a relationship of equals between supermarkets and British farmers with supermarkets needing to show more flex in negotiations. That was the message from Labour...

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