Lord Mandelson: 'The Conservative Party has taken rural Britain for granted'

James Murray
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Labour peer urges Opposition to make a pitch for countryside vote, but warns it has to challenge perception the left wants to 'pick a fight' with rural communities

Labour peer Lord Mandelson has called on the Opposition to make a clear and ambitious pitch for the rural vote at the next election, arguing the Tories have taken rural constituencies for granted and that...

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