Autumn Budget: 41 LibDem MPs issue final plea to Chancellor to back British farmers

Farming and communities must be supported says Cumbria MP Tim Farron

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Rural areas must not lose out in Autumn Budget say LibDem MPs
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Rural areas must not lose out in Autumn Budget say LibDem MPs

Forty one Liberal Democrat MPs have issued a last-minute plea to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves urging her to consider a range of initiatives which will support countryside communities. Led...

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