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Farming Minister meets NFU on first farm visit in new role

Dame Angela Eagle visited Marion Regan’s soft fruit farm in Kent this week

Alex Black
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NFU President Tom Bradshaw, Farming Minister Dame Angela Eagle, NFU member Marion Regan. Credit: PagePix
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NFU President Tom Bradshaw, Farming Minister Dame Angela Eagle, NFU member Marion Regan. Credit: PagePix

Newly appointed Farming Minister Dame Angela Eagle has met with the NFU president as she made her first farm visit since taking up her new role within Defra. Dame Angela also met NFU Horticulture and...

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