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Backlash to family farm tax begins to show as Labour councillors turn against the Party over Sir Keir Starmer's 'collision course with disaster'

"On recent policies such as devolution, statutory housing targets there is no debate, no consideration, no understanding of the needs of local people"

Chris Brayford
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"This is not the Labour Party we campaigned for." (Credit: Number 10 Flickr account)
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"This is not the Labour Party we campaigned for." (Credit: Number 10 Flickr account)

Pressure continues to grow on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reverse the family farm tax after 20 councillors defected from Labour in protest over the decisions the Party...

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