Government urged to use Autumn Budget to renew relationship with farming

The NFU has called on Labour to support investment in food resilience in this year’s Autumn Budget

Alex Black
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Government urged to use Autumn Budget to renew relationship with farming

The Government should introduce measures which will ignite investment and growth in the industry at the Autumn Budget, as rock-bottom confidence leaves investment as bone-dry as the fields this summer....

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