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Podcast: FG manifesto: 100 days in - what do farmers and rural businesses need from Labour?

Olivia Midgley
Editorial Director
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Podcast: FG manifesto: 100 days in - what do farmers and rural businesses need from Labour?

With the country now 100 days into the new Labour Government, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian has created a new manifesto on what farmers and rural businesses want from the Government.

FG editor Olivia Midgley, Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Farming Trust, National Pig Association chief executive Lizzie Wilson, Minette Batters, tenant farmer and former NFU President, farmer John McCulloch,Ìý Ed Barker, head of policy and external affairs at the Agricultural Industries Confederation and Mark Charter from Carter Jonas came together to discuss what the industry needs.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian will always hold those in power accountable and continue to speak up for farming.Ìý

READ NOW:Ìý²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian releases new white paper: What farmers and rural businesses need from Labour

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