Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford, said:

"Today I raised the anger of so many farmers across Rutland and Stamford following Labour’s budget which neglects entirely the challenges they face and puts family farms at risk.

"The Prime Minister once said, ‘Losing a farm is not like losing any other business, it can’t come back’- it seems these words are now irrelevant in the eyes of Labour, and the Minister’s complete dismissal of my concerns today only reiterates this."

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