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Fertiliser and carbon taxes a threat to UK food security

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said she will abolish Labour's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism if the Tories win the next General Election, adding it will place significant pressure on farming businesses which rely on fertiliser

Chris Brayford
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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins said: "Labour’s decision to increase fertiliser taxes is putting our food security at risk, leaving farmers under growing financial pressure and with little support. That is why the next Conservative Government will stand firmly behind our growers, producers and rural communities by cutting the taxes holding them back by abolishing the family farm tax, the business tax, and the fertiliser tax."
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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins said: "Labour’s decision to increase fertiliser taxes is putting our food security at risk, leaving farmers under growing financial pressure and with little support. That is why the next Conservative Government will stand firmly behind our growers, producers and rural communities by cutting the taxes holding them back by abolishing the family farm tax, the business tax, and the fertiliser tax."

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