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Spending Review the 'lynchpin' for Labour's promised new deal for farmers

The NFU has asked the Treasury for support in five key areas including a UK-wide £5.6 billion annual budget, a cross-government biosecurity plan, and a review on the clawback solution for changes to Inheritance Tax

Rachael Brown
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Spending Review the 'lynchpin' for Labour's promised new deal for farmers

A Spending Review which supports a growing, resilient, sustainable, biosecure and technologically advanced farming sector is the 'lynchpin' to the Labour Government's ‘new deal for farmers'. SIGN UP...

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