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EXCLUSIVE: Mo Metcalf-Fisher - "Change means legislating for rural communities, not against them"

How Sir Keir squandered an important opportunity to build on the goodwill given to him at the General Election

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Protesters gather outside Defra to show their anger at Labour's rural policies
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Protesters gather outside Defra to show their anger at Labour's rural policies

Prior to the General Election in 2024, Sir Keir Starmer set about making his party relevant to rural people again. Labour had spent 14 long years in the political wilderness, in denial about accepting...

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