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Labour releases strategy to protect farmers and the countryside from rural crime

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Reed said Labour's rural crime strategy would help fund at least 13,000 additional neighbourhood police officers to protect farmers from crime

Chris Brayford
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Sir Keir Starmer released details of Labour's plan to protect farmers and rural communities ahead of a general election year
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Sir Keir Starmer released details of Labour's plan to protect farmers and rural communities ahead of a general election year

The Labour Party has released details of a new strategy to help protect farmers from rural crime. Launching the party's rural crime strategy in the North Yorkshire village of Cawood on Tuesday (April...

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