Farmers blockade Daventry supermarket depot in fight over unfair market prices

Food growers were camped outside Tesco's Daventry International Railfreight Terminal depot in the early hours of this morning (January 5)

Chris Brayford
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Farmers are protesting against the Government's Inheritance Tax changes, trade deals which undermine the sector, and unfair supermarket returns.
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Farmers are protesting against the Government's Inheritance Tax changes, trade deals which undermine the sector, and unfair supermarket returns.

Farmers held a protest at a supermarket distribution centre in Northamptonshire over 'unfair' market returns, the Government's Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes and trade deals which undermine the sector....

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