Labour will 'champion British farming' as it unveils plans including public sector procurement and ending the 'ineffective badger cull'

Sir Keir Starmer launched the party’s manifesto on June 13 in Greater Manchester

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Labour will 'champion British farming' as it unveils plans including public sector procurement and ending the 'ineffective badger cull'

Labour has unveiled its manifesto which includes plans for agriculture including working with farmers and scientists on eradicating bovine TB so it can ‘end the ineffective badger cull'. In a section...

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