OPINION: 'Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes and empty words have pushed farmers to breaking point'

News and business reporter Chris Brayford discusses the dwindling trust between Government and farmers

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Chris Brayford: "It feels like already dwindling trust between Government and farmers, which long surpassed the moment when Sir Keir Starmer entered through the doors of Number 10, has been shattered. Farmers deserve so much better than to be referred to as ‘blockers'."
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Chris Brayford: "It feels like already dwindling trust between Government and farmers, which long surpassed the moment when Sir Keir Starmer entered through the doors of Number 10, has been shattered. Farmers deserve so much better than to be referred to as ‘blockers'."

It has been a long and difficult eight months for the agricultural sector since Labour won last year's General Election. Broken promises, increased taxation, plugging support schemes, and empty words...

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