Boris Johnson was appointed as our new Prime Minister last week and with that comes a brand new cabinet that sees Theresa Villiers take up the position of Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, someone who has previously said she would support a no-deal Brexit.  Regardless of Mr Johnson’s chosen cabinet we know that he is a devout leave campaigner and has said on more than one occasion that we will leave the European Union  ‘come what may’ on 31 October. 

 Our current position; that we relayed to the Minister, is that the main issue still not being appreciated by the government is the scale of concern for permanent staff and definition of skills and skilled workers required on dairy farms. 

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