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OPINION: Does Sir Keir's early exit scupper Defra's long-term farming vision?

Labour's Farming Roadmap has outlined agriculture policy until 2050 but will yet another change at the top mean it could barely get a fortnight?

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 3 min read
An emotional Sir Keir Starmer announces his resignation
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An emotional Sir Keir Starmer announces his resignation

For Sir Keir Starmer it would seem politics is definitely a game of two halves. It is not even two years since the now soon-to-be ex-Labour leader strode down Downing Street following a landslide victory,...

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