Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appoints Daniel Zeichner as Farming Minister

Mr Zeichner has previously served for four years as Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rachael Brown
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appoints Daniel Zeichner as Farming Minister

The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed long serving Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner as the Government's new Farming Minister. He will join the new Defra team alongside Defra Secretary Steve Reed....

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