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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance

Three men in red jackets ride horses down a road trailed by a pack of hounds
Members of the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent Hunt in Kent on Boxing Day. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Traditional Boxing Day hunts have gathered across England, as opponents of a planned ban on trail hunting claimed Keir Starmer’s government had “alienated rural people”.

The warning came from the pressure group Countryside Alliance, which said tens of thousands of supporters had joined gatherings in the morning, as it released a poll suggesting 65% of people think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities.

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