Anger as leaked Treasury emails claims Britain doesn’t need farmers

QMS Cattle and Sheep Standards 2020

A senior Government official, Dr Tim Leunig, has caused outrage after leaked emails suggested that Britain doesn’t need farmers or fishermen, and that the UK should instead follow the example of Singapore.

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