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It is crazy English farm payments do not actively support farmers to produce food, says Lib Dem leader

Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to back British farmers hammered by spiking costs

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
clock • 2 min read
It is crazy English farm payments do not actively support farmers to produce food, says Lib Dem leader

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has criticised the farm payments system in England, branding it ‘crazy' that it is the only country in Europe not actively supporting farmers to produce food. With...

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