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Reform UK Conference: Reform is the new 'friend of the farmer', Council Leader says

A Reform UK Council Leader said the party has done more to support Staffordshire County Council tenant farmers than the Conservatives ever did

Chris Brayford
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Mr Cooper said; "Recently, we have saved 63 tenant farms from being converted into solar, wind and battery. Do not let the Tories tell you that they are the friends of farmers because we had 90, and they sold 30 [tenant farms]."
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Mr Cooper said; "Recently, we have saved 63 tenant farms from being converted into solar, wind and battery. Do not let the Tories tell you that they are the friends of farmers because we had 90, and they sold 30 [tenant farms]."

A Reform Council Leader has claimed that Nigel Farages' party is doing more for farming and rural community in its very short existence than the Conservatives. Speaking at Reform UK's Conference on...

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