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OPINION: Does Sir Keir Starmer regret battle with farmers on IHT?

Local election results across the country so far have indicated unpopular policies such as Inheritance Tax are coming back to bite the Prime Minister and the Labour Party

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Sir Keir has miscalculated the public's respect and appreciation of farmers
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Sir Keir has miscalculated the public's respect and appreciation of farmers

There will be little room for optimism in the ranks of the Labour Party with results of the local election starting to trickle in on Friday (May 8). At the time of writing (11.40am), Labour has lost...

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