From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: "Rachel Reeves and her advisers would do well to go out and talk to the people who are experts in their field"

Governments are often criticised for wasting time on consultations, but in the case of the seismic tax regime changes brought by the Budget, it would have saved a lot of time and, ironically, money, to...

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