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The Íæż½ã½ã Podcast - The General Election: What do farmers want to see from the next Government?

With a General Election just around the corner, farmers will be heading to the polls on July 4 to decide which candidate and, ultimately, which party they would like to see lead the UK Government.

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"If we lost agriculture, this country would change. We would end up relying on being fed by countries which are suffering more than us with global warming. It is important to build on our homegrown production to keep our country great."
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"If we lost agriculture, this country would change. We would end up relying on being fed by countries which are suffering more than us with global warming. It is important to build on our homegrown production to keep our country great."

On this week's podcast, news reporter Chris Brayford is joined by a host of guests including farmers to discuss the implications of a General Election to farming communities and some of the priorities they want to see from the next UK Government. 

Our guests include NFU vice-president David Exwood, ‘Pretend Farmer' and sheep farmer Karl Franklin, Buckinghamshire arable and beef farmer Richard Heady, Staffordshire arable farmer Clive Bailye and Oxfordshire farmer Ben Adams.

With a General Election just around the corner, farmers will be heading to the polls on July 4 to decide which candidate and, ultimately, which party they would like to see lead the UK Government.

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Political parties and candidates have been making their pitches to farming communities over the past few weeks, but which party will gain the hearts and minds of rural voters?

Will it be the Conservative Party led by Rishi Sunak?

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour?

Sir Ed Davey's Liberal Democrats? Nigel Farage's Reform UK?

The Green Party under Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer?

Only you can decide.

Enjoy the podcast.

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