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Farming Matters: Burnham's farming test will be SPS, not slogans

Graeme Taylor, founder and chief executive at Endure Consulting, says the incoming Prime Minister must do the right thing by farmers when it comes to the EU reset

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Graeme Taylor says Andy Burnham must not brush over farmers' needs in the scramble for an SPS deal
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Graeme Taylor says Andy Burnham must not brush over farmers' needs in the scramble for an SPS deal

Andy Burnham is right to say food and farming should be safeguarded as a matter of national security and sovereignty. It is a strong phrase. More importantly, it is true. But farmers have heard warm words...

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