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Red diesel duty cut by a third: What Rachel Reeves' move means for UK farmers

With Chancellor Rachel Reeves鈥� cut to red diesel duty now in effect, we examine what the fuel tax change means for UK agriculture, costs and confidence

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Cuts to red diesel fuel duty have come into effect.
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Cuts to red diesel fuel duty have come into effect.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' cut to red diesel duty came into effect on Monday June 15. But farmers were quick to slam the Chancellor as 鈥榞iving with one hand and taking with the other'. The move, first...

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