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Conservative Party Conference: Labour has created a 'farming and food emergency' in Britain

Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Tories will reveal plans later today at the Conservative Party Conference to fight a 'food and farming emergency' and the strain that has been placed on farm businesses since Labour came to power

Chris Brayford
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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins said: "We [the Conservatives] give you this solemn commitment that we will axe the family farm tax. We know how it is wrecking the countryside, it is causing distress and terrible harm to families, and stopping our rural economy. We cannot allow that to continue."
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Shadow Defra Secretary Victoria Atkins said: "We [the Conservatives] give you this solemn commitment that we will axe the family farm tax. We know how it is wrecking the countryside, it is causing distress and terrible harm to families, and stopping our rural economy. We cannot allow that to continue."

Rectifying Chancellor Rachel Reeves' 'budget of broken promises' and delivering a credible plan for farming and rural communities has been outlined as some of the ways that the Conservatives can win back...

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