CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR

Farmers have been dealing with a 'callous and chaotic Government policy dropped like a bomb' but there is hope elements of APR may be reversed

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CropTec 2024: NFU's David Exwood says there is 'hope' Government will make changes to APR

NFU deputy president David Exwood said the union's president Tom Bradshaw had been in talks with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this week and he was hopeful the Government would 'make an offer' in the...

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