Sir Keir Starmer is facing backlash from rural communities in the UK over his government’s family farm tax, with scores of farmers in Wales protesting at Labour’s conference in Llandudno. The prime minister is defending the controversial Budget measures, including a new inheritance tax on farms over £1 million at 20%, leading to fears of farm closures and family separations. Amidst disagreements over the number of affected farms and a call to treat family farms like the miners in the 1980s, farmers are threatening to strike and cut off Britain’s food supply, with a larger protest planned in Westminster.
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Tories pledge to expel low-paid and unemployed migrants from UK
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is planning to tighten migration rules, requiring migrants to demonstrate a longer commitment to the UK before qualifying for indefinite leave to remain, from 5 to 10 years. Legal migrants must prove they have been "net contributors" to the economy for the past decade, covering their and their children's costs, while illegal migrants will be automatically disqualified from obtaining indefinite leave to remain, even if recognized as refugees. Full Article
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