New Farming Minister confirmed as row over Brexit food standards and green protection escalates

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Has a Minister ever enjoyed a shorter honeymoon period? Yesterday Robert Goodwill, Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby, was confirmed as the government's new Farming, Fisheries, and Food Minister...

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