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Labour's Shadow Defra Secretary visits farmers in the Fens 23 April 2021 | Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard (second left) heard the key issues affecting farmers in the Fens Fenland farmers have raised their concerns to the Shadow Defra Secretary as he visited a farm in the important agricultural area following Labour's revamp of its rural policies. Shadow environment secretary Luke Pollard and Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner spent more than two hours on Peter Hatley’s farm at Landbeach, Cambridgeshire. During wide-ranging discussions, the group described the impact of rural crime on farmin...

Cllr Boden said: “Unfortunately these meetings take place on a confidential basis – the company has not made a formal announcement as to why they were considering close the site.”  Cllr Boden said the closure had nothing to do with either the district or county council and it was “entirely an internal matter to do with the company”.  There was nothing whatsoever that Fenland Council could have done “to redress or prevent closure”.  The council leader says Fenland Council has spoken to the company and informed them of support available to employees once the statutory notice pe...

Carrot grower Alan Bartlett & Sons to quit crop in June >More in © Tim Scrivener Cambridgeshire carrot grower and processor Alan Bartlett & Sons has made the “extremely difficult decision” to close its business in June this year, which will affect 230 jobs and the farmers who supply land in East Anglia. Director Toby Bartlett said the family business would close at the end of the season and the employees, mainly working at the factory in Chatteris, are going through collective consultation. The impending closure will also force a ...