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LibDem Party Conference told farmers need better support to build back confidence

NFU fringe event hears how MPs and councillors could back farmers by removing barriers to investment at both local and national level

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 3 min read
NFU deputy president Paul Tompkins told LibDem conference attendees farmers need the confidence to back their business
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NFU deputy president Paul Tompkins told LibDem conference attendees farmers need the confidence to back their business

NFU deputy president Paul Tompkins issued an appeal to Liberal Democrat MPs and councillors at this year's party conference in Brighton asking them to get behind British farmers and to give them the confidence...

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