Analysis by i reveals that 59 out of Labour's 100 most marginal constituencies are in rural or semi-rural areas while Keir Starmer faces losses at next year's local elections, where all county council seats are up for vote
Analysis by i reveals that 59 out of Labour's 100 most marginal constituencies are in rural or semi-rural areas while Keir Starmer faces losses at next year's local elections, where all county council seats are up for vote
Sir Ed Davey’s party is confident of being able to “squeeze the Labour vote” in those three county council areas, the source added. In Peterborough, Labour MP Andrew Pakes has a majority of just 118 and with a 0.14 per cent needed for defeat. Mr Zeichner said there had been an increase in funding for farming and added: “We will look to maintain proper support into the future because, exactly as has been said, these are long-term businesses and long-term interests.Mr Pakes said in the Commons that farmers had lived through a “torrid decade” but said opposition MPs were “scaremongering” over the policy.
At her first PMQs as leader on Wednesday, Badenoch said: “I am very clear that we would reverse Labour’s cruel family farm tax.”
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