Prime Minister must 'stand by' his commitments to British farmers ahead of Autumn Budget

The growing speculation around a cut to the agriculture budget and a potential review of APR, NFU president Tom Bradshaw said was ‘incredibly concerning’

Rachael Brown
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Prime Minister must 'stand by' his commitments to British farmers ahead of Autumn Budget

NFU president Tom Bradshaw has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asking him to stand by his commitments to British farmers and growers and deliver not only a renewed agricultural budget, but confirm...

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