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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell and Jabed Ahmed

Fresh tractor tax blow for Starmer as Labour could lose three quarters of rural seats, poll suggests

Labour could lose three-quarters of its rural seats if a general election was held today, a new poll has suggested, just months after the party swept to power in a landslide election win fuelled by gains in the countryside.

Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial tractor tax and other policies in Rachel Reeves’ October Budget could see the party hold onto just one in four of the seats Labour won in rural areas in July, according to a new survey.

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