Scotland's Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary - Tim Eagle on the Autumn Budget: "It's time for Labour to drop their cruel Family Farm Tax"

"I urge farmers to continue making their voices heard"

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Scotland's Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Tim Eagle has written an exclusive opinion piece on the Autumn Budget for Farmers Guardian.
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Scotland's Shadow Rural Affairs Secretary Tim Eagle has written an exclusive opinion piece on the Autumn Budget for Farmers Guardian.

If any farmer voted for change at the General Election by putting their faith in Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party, then their Autumn Budget last month was a world away from any changes they would like to...

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