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"Farm security is national security" - Wes Streeting promises to rebuild farmers' trust in Labour after IHT row

The future Labour Party leadership candidate said he wants to win back the people and places which Labour have lost since the General Election in 2024, none more so than farmers

Chris Brayford
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Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who resigned from the position in protest at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, said: "I am off on the first of what will be a number of stops to people and places that Labour have lost since the General Election. And I tell you what, if this country hits hard times, as we have done in recent years, we are going to need our farmers. So let's go and talk about how we win them back."
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Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who resigned from the position in protest at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, said: "I am off on the first of what will be a number of stops to people and places that Labour have lost since the General Election. And I tell you what, if this country hits hard times, as we have done in recent years, we are going to need our farmers. So let's go and talk about how we win them back."

A former Labour frontbencher in the running to be the next Prime Minister is aiming to make inroads with farmers who the party have irked since gaining power in 2024. Ilford North MP Wes Streeting said...

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