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The Economist
The Economist
7 Nov 2024


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Britain | Becoming more European

Two groups are least happy about Labour’s budget

Businesses and farmers will be hit with more tax

British farmers are not usually ones for public protest. While their continental colleagues block roads with tractors and dump manure at the slightest provocation, they grumble and issue press releases. But on November 19th farmers will gather in Westminster for a rally and a “mass lobby”, to protest against the Labour government’s first budget. A “good show” is promised. That is only one way in which the budget threatens to make Britain more European.

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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Picking losers”

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