A SOUTH Lakes MP has called on the government to give farmers a special deal for European Single Market access.
Tim Farron has written to the Brexit Secretary David Davis, asking for farmers to be granted full access when Britain leaves the European Union.
Mr Farron met with the National Union of Farmers' regional director for the North West, David Hall, to discuss the problems facing local farmers as currently, around 90 per cent of beef and lamb exports go to the EU.
Mr Farron said: “This is a critical time for the British farming industry.
“It is absolutely vital that the farming sector be given a special deal with full access to the Single Market or we could well see the end of family farming here in south Cumbria and across the rest of the country.”
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