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Mel Stride - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I will constantly challenge Labour to ensure that our countryside is not concreted over"

The Central Devon MP is now one of five candidates to be the next Conservative Party leader after Priti Patel was knocked out from the first round of the contest

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Mr Stride told the Conservative Rural Forum that he will ensure that the Conservative Party fights for rural areas and communities, backs British business and farming, and helps everyone get the opportunities they deserve if elected as the Party's next leader.
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Mr Stride told the Conservative Rural Forum that he will ensure that the Conservative Party fights for rural areas and communities, backs British business and farming, and helps everyone get the opportunities they deserve if elected as the Party's next leader.

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