From the editor: "One hundred days into Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and farmers' confidence in his ambition for change is fading fast"

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From the editor: "One hundred days into Sir Keir Starmer's premiership and farmers' confidence in his ambition for change is fading fast"

DEFRA Secretary Steve Reed told Parliament this week that ‘change has begun' and Labour's new deal for farmers offers businesses a ‘fresh start'. So where is it? One hundred days (October 12) into Sir...

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