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'This is war' say protest organisers as they prepare for 300-plus tractors to descend on London

Farmers demand Budget U-turn and say action will only 'escalate' if Labour does not back down

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Protest organisers say Keir Starmer's Government is determined to crush British farming
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Protest organisers say Keir Starmer's Government is determined to crush British farming

In excess of 300 tractors are set to descend on Westminster this week as protesters vow to fight what protest organisers have described as ‘a toxic budget that spells the death knell' for British farming....

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