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The Conservative Party needs a leader who understands the rural way of life

Shadow Defra Secretary Steve Barclay provided his thoughts on the next Conservative Party leader

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"What I know is that each of the four candidates have strong links to rural communities and represent rural areas."
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"What I know is that each of the four candidates have strong links to rural communities and represent rural areas."

With just a month to go before the country will find out who is going to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, former Defra Secretary Steve Barclay has called on the four remaining candidates to...

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