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Food security is national security, says new Shadow Defra Secretary

Labour's Defra Secretary Steve Reed said we need to back our farmers to innovate, and adapt and do what the farming sector has always done and that is their 'absolute best for Britain'

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Food security is national security, says new Shadow Defra Secretary

The Shadow Secretary of State for Defra, Steve Reed said 'fairer trade and lowering barriers to trade within EU, as well as greater support for domestic food production through public procurement like...

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