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Eustice re-appointed to Defra role

13th Jun 2017 / By Alistair Driver

George Eustice has been re-appointed as a Defra Minister to serve under Michael Gove in Theresa May’s new-look Government.

George EusticeThe Cornwall MP, who saw his majority reduced from 7,000 to just over 1,500 in last Thursday’s vote, has been a Defra Minister since May 2015. His return brings continuity to the farming brief at a time when agricultural policy is set to be the subject off a fundamental review as the UK prepares for life outside the EU.

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