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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

Labour has left farmers facing agriculture budget ‘cliff edge’, says NFU

Tractor spraying a wheat crop
The previous government committed to spending £2.4bn a year on payments for farmers. Photograph: Farm Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget for England, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has said.

The issue is one of the first pressures Labour is facing over its tight fiscal rules, along with a rebellion on the party’s refusal to remove the two-child benefit cap.

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