Keir Starmer faced sharp criticism during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) following a scandal involving a minister’s comments that farming is “not high in the pecking order” for the government. The remarks, made by Environment Minister Daniel Zeichner at the Norfolk Farming Conference, sparked a backlash, just one day after a significant protest took place in Whitehall.
Zeichner, who was speaking at the conference, was confronted about Labour’s proposed inheritance tax increase on landowners, which has been widely criticized by farmers. During the exchange, he stated that farming did not rank high on the government’s list of priorities. The comments triggered fury from opposition members, particularly Tory MP Harriet Cross, who raised the issue during PMQs, reported by the Express.
