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NFU members question Labour leader on post-Brexit changes as he proposes major review of party’s farming policies
Keir Starmer told the NFU’s annual conference: ‘British farming and the countryside will never be an afterthought for Labour again.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Keir Starmer told the NFU’s annual conference: ‘British farming and the countryside will never be an afterthought for Labour again.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
ByFionaHarveyandTomLevitt
Tue 23 Feb 2021 13.56 EST
Last modified on Tue 23 Feb 2021 15.51 EST
Badgers, bees and gene-edited livestock are among the key questions Labour will need to address if the party is to make headway in rural constituencies, this year’s National Farmers’ Union conference has shown.