Labour Party Conference: 'Mindset change' needed in Defra to deliver for farming

NFU president Tom Bradshaw warned the Farming Minister that in light of the £358 million pound underspend of the farming budget, Defra was a department ‘very close to failure' if it was not careful

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Defra must be up for the challenge. The Minister can have all the ambition in the world, but there needs to be a mindset change to ensure the team delivering farming policy are up for the challenge too....

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