Shadow environment secretary, Ram sale, Scottish land reform
Shadow environment secretary Rachael Maskell says a Labour government would bring the Agricultural Wages Board back to England, where it was scrapped three years ago.
Shadow environment secretary Rachael Maskell says a Labour government would bring the Agricultural Wages Board back to England, where it was scrapped in 2013. The Board regulates issues like wages and workers' rights but was felt to be 'obsolete' by the coalition government. Ms Maskell said Labour would also guarantee that EU farm workers already living in the UK would be allowed to stay post Brexit.
We're at Europe's biggest ram sale at the Royal Welsh Showground in the Brecons, where farmers are buying and selling ready for the sheep breeding season.
And Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ weatherman Peter Gibbs reports on changes in the length of the growing season, and what that means for farmers in the UK.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sally Challoner.
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