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²ÝÁñÉçÇø accuse Welsh Government of being 'out of touch'

It is after comments made by Senedd members, including Joyce Watson MS suggesting farmers with perpetual bovine TB should ‘find another business' and Mike Hedge's MS saying 'there was no reason to subsidise agriculture'

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø accuse Welsh Government of being 'out of touch'

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have accused the Welsh Government of being ‘out of touch' following comments from Labour Senedd members aimed at the farming and rural communities. Senedd Last week (January 10), Swansea East...

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