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Can parties deliver for the farming and rural sector after the General Election?

Savill's head of rural research Kelly Hewson-Fisher has offered analysis of what political parties could offer farmers and rural communities ahead of the General Election

Chris Brayford
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"The Labour party is silent on the budget issue; instead, it pledges to make the Environmental Land Management scheme work for farmers and for nature. A budget increase could be implicit given the wide stakeholder support for more funding for nature-friendly farming."
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"The Labour party is silent on the budget issue; instead, it pledges to make the Environmental Land Management scheme work for farmers and for nature. A budget increase could be implicit given the wide stakeholder support for more funding for nature-friendly farming."

Parties have now released their General Election manifestos and voters will be heading to the polls tomorrow to decide the future of politics in the UK. But how could the next Government deliver for...

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