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Defra Secretary Steve Reed says farmers have their figures 'wrong'

Secretary of State Steve Reed said: "Assuming these projections from HMRC validated by Office for Budget Responsibility [OBR] and Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] are correct, than many of them, probably happily are wrong"

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Defra Secretary Steve Reed says farmers have their figures 'wrong'

Defra Secretary Steve Reed was resolute on his view that the figures were ‘robust', with the vast majority of claimants to pay nothing more under the new proposal. LISTEN NOW: When asked by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø...

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