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Farming Matters: Liz Webster - "Neither Trump nor Starmer is on the side of farmers"

Farmers Guardian
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Farming Matters: Liz Webster - "Neither Trump nor Starmer is on the side of farmers"

Liz Webster is a mixed arable and beef farmer in Gloucestershire and founder of the campaign group Save British Farming

When US President Donald Trump landed in Scotland this summer, he told farmers what we've been desperate to hear. He called Inheritance Tax a ‘death tax' and said families should not be punished for...

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