MEP: Brexit could destroy Shropshire farming

Phil Bennion was guest speaker at a lunch held by the Bishop's Castle Lib Dems at the Three Tuns when he said that any kind of hard Brexit would inevitably mean 40 per cent export tariffs which would devastate most sectors of Shropshire farming and damage the wider economy.

He said: "Leaving the single market would have profound consequences. Most of our economy has been built around the single market for 30 years, from manufacturing to farming.

"Losing our biggest market will cause a glut of lamb, so the price will collapse, meaning sheep farmers will soon go bankrupt. Dairy will also be severely affected.