NFU says Tenant Farming Commissioner must be 'fiercely independent'

Former RHASS head Alan Laidlaw is welcomed as England's first ever Tenant Farming Commissioner

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NFU says Tenant Farming Commissioner must be 'fiercely independent'

Independence must be at the heart of the new Tenant Farming Commissioner's brief farming groups have warned Both the NFU and CLA have welcomed the appointment of former head of RHASS Alan Laidlaw...

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