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EXCLUSIVE - John Milne: "Rural areas feel particularly neglected and misunderstood"

Horsham MP John Milne said Government needs to work with farmers to deliver a rural development strategy which can help farming communities thrive instead of falling further behind urban areas

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Liberal Democrats MP John Milne said: "There鈥檚 a strong argument to say that the central Government has never developed a clear strategy to develop the rural economy."
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Liberal Democrats MP John Milne said: "There鈥檚 a strong argument to say that the central Government has never developed a clear strategy to develop the rural economy."

We often hear about the UK's growing productivity gap with our competitors around the world. But there's another side to that trend that gets overlooked. LISTEN NOW: Within the UK,...

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