Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Cheshire farm on General Election campaign trail

Mr Sunak joined Macclesfield's Conservative parliamentary candidate David Rutley at Rowlinson's Farm in Gawsworth to meet Cheshire farmers and bottle feed lambs

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak joined Macclesfield's Conservative parliamentary candidate David Rutley (right) at Rowlingson's farm in Cheshire to meet farmers and bottle feed lambs (Cheshire East Council Conservative Group)
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak joined Macclesfield's Conservative parliamentary candidate David Rutley (right) at Rowlingson's farm in Cheshire to meet farmers and bottle feed lambs (Cheshire East Council Conservative Group)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met farmers and bottle-fed orphaned lambs during a visit to a Cheshire farm. Mr Sunak had joined parliamentary candidate David Rutley for Macclesfield at Rowlinson's...

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