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Lack of suitable uplands support package 'reprehensible'

Industry leaders have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice suggested concerns about the future of the uplands were ‘unjustified’.

Abi Kay
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Lack of suitable uplands support package 'reprehensible'

Industry leaders have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice suggested concerns about the future of the uplands were unjustified. Speaking to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee...

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