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Farming Minister criticised for comments over tenant bullying claims

TFA chief executive said the Minister had 鈥榗learly not caught up' with the details of the TFA survey which were submitted as part of their response to the Minister's own call for evidence from Defra, to inform whether a Tenant Farming Commissioner was necessary

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Farming Minister criticised for comments over tenant bullying claims

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has been criticised after he called for further evidence of bullying in the tenanted sector, despite a Tenant Farmers Association survey revealing a third of tenants felt...

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